What is another word for the Pilgrims?

Pronunciation: [ðə pˈɪlɡɹɪmz] (IPA)

The Pilgrims, who are also known as the Mayflower colonists, were a group of English settlers who arrived on the shores of Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. Also, they are sometimes referred to as the Separatists or the Puritans, as they were religiously motivated to leave their homeland and establish a new colony in America. Another synonym for the Pilgrims is the Pilgrim Fathers, a term that emphasizes the courage and pioneering spirit of these brave individuals who left their homes behind to start a new life. Regardless of the name used to refer to them, the Pilgrims remain an essential part of American history and are celebrated every year on Thanksgiving Day.

What are the hypernyms for The pilgrims?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with The pilgrims

  • One hundred years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, the Spanish government issued a decree authorizing the enslavement of the American Indian as in accord with the law of God and man.
    Nelson A. Miles
  • Even if they never got anything for it, it was cheap at that price. Without malice aforethought I had given them the best show that was ever staged in their territory since the landing of the Pilgrims! It was easily worth fifteen million bucks to watch me put the thing over.
    Charles Ponzi
  • Wednesday (as Pocahontas): You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now, my people will be forced to live in mobile homes on reservations; your people will wear cardigans and drink highballs. We will sell our bracelets by the roadside; you will play golf and enjoy hot hors d'oeuvres. My people will have pain and degradation; your people will have stick-shifts. The gods of my tribe have spoken. They have said, "Do not trust the Pilgrims, especially Sarah Miller." Becky (as Sarah Miller): Gary, she's changing the words! Wednesday (as Pocahontas): And for all these reasons, I have decided to scalp you and burn your village to the ground.
    Paul Rudnick
  • If the Pilgrims were looking for freedom of conscience, they came to just the right place. In America, everybody's conscience is unusually free.
    Will Cuppy
  • The moral of the story of the Pilgrims is that if you work hard all your life and behave yourself every minute and take no time out for fun you will break practically even, if you can borrow enough money to pay your taxes.
    Will Cuppy

Related words: first Thanksgiving, settlers, Native Americans, Plymouth Colony, Mayflower, William Bradford

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