Pilgrim Father

/ˌpɪlgrɪm ˌfɑðər/
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Other forms: Pilgrim Fathers

Definitions of Pilgrim Father
  1. noun
    one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620
    synonyms: Pilgrim
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    type of:
    colonist, settler
    a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
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