(the) Pilgrim Fathers

(the) Pilgrim Fathers
the 102 English people who sailed to America on the Mayflower in 1620. Their group included 35 Puritans whose aim was to create a safe religious community in the New World. The Pilgrims probably landed at ↑Plymouth Rock, and they established ↑Plymouth Colony.

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  • Pilgrim Fathers — Pilgrim Fa|thers n the Pilgrim Fathers the group of English people who arrived to settle at Plymouth, Massachusetts in the US in 1620 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Pilgrim Fathers — plural noun The Puritans who sailed for America in the Mayflower, and founded Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620 • • • Main Entry: ↑pilgrim * * * Pilgrim Fathers, the early settlers of New England, especially the English separatist leaders of the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pilgrim fathers — Pilgrim Pil grim, a. Of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims; making pilgrimages. With pilgrim steps. Milton. [1913 Webster] {Pilgrim fathers}, a name popularly given to the one hundred and two English colonists who landed from the Mayflower… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • PILGRIM FATHERS — Expression apparue au début du XIXe siècle aux États Unis et née d’une référence de William Bradford à un passage de l’Épître aux Hébreux (XI, 13: «C’est dans la foi qu’ils sont tous morts sans avoir obtenu les choses promises; mais ils les ont… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Pilgrim Fathers — ☆ Pilgrim Fathers n. the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony) …   English World dictionary

  • Pilgrim Fathers — Pilger auf dem Weg zur Kirche von George Henry Boughton (1867) Als Pilgerväter (engl. Pilgrim fathers) werden die ersten englischen Siedler in Neuengland bezeichnet. Sie segelten 1620 auf der Mayflower über den Atlantik und gründeten die Kolonie… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pilgrim fathers — Pilger auf dem Weg zur Kirche von George Henry Boughton (1867) Als Pilgerväter (engl. Pilgrim fathers) werden die ersten englischen Siedler in Neuengland bezeichnet. Sie segelten 1620 auf der Mayflower über den Atlantik und gründeten die Kolonie… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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