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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5610).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A small village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8008).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lassen County, California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A place in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Arenac County, Michigan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A place in the United States:
A township in Arenac County, Michigan.
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name
A place in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Missouri.
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A stand to hold ink, pens, and other writing accessories; an inkstand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Miles Standish, Myles Standish
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Broader terms: settler, colonist
History
From Middle English standisshe, standys, standyshe, stantif, stantys, staundische, staundys, stauntyff, stauntys, stonndis, stontis, possibly equivalent to stand (noun or verb) + -ish (forms with -f may be substantival uses of Middle English stantif (“standing”)).
