Pilgrim Father (Noun)
Meaning
One of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- William Bradford, one of the pilgrim fathers, was chosen to be the second governor of the Plymouth Colony.
- A Pilgrim Father is honored at the base of the Forefathers' Monument, standing near the city of Plymouth, Massachusetts.
- Edward Winslow was another pilgrim father who wrote one of the only first-hand accounts of the voyage and the colony.
- As one of the Pilgrim Fathers, Myles Standish became an American legend in the story of the settlement of the Plymouth Colony.
- One of the original pilgrim fathers, Isaac Allerton went on to found several towns and eventually served as assistant governor.