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Standish
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Stan·dish  (stndsh), Miles or Myles 1584?-1656.
English colonist in America. Hired by the English Pilgrims to accompany them on their voyage to the New World (1620), he emerged as a military and political leader in the difficult early years of the colony.
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Noun1.StandishStandish - English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656)
Miles Standish, Myles Standish


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