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Definition of Miles standish
1. Noun. English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miles Standish
Literary usage of Miles standish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"Spake, in the pride of his heart, miles standish the Captain of Plymouth. ...
Had it not been of sheer steel, the forgotten bones of miles standish ..."
2. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"quoth the stout miles standish, As he stood on the Mayflower's deck, And gazed
on the sandy coast-line That loomed as a misty speck On the edge of the ..."
3. Southern Literary Messenger (1859)
"miles standish.» We are not under any moral obligation to admire Longfellow's
... Much less do we grudge to the publishers of " miles standish," and to the ..."
4. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"Spake, in the pride of his heart, miles standish the Captain of Plymouth. ...
Had it not been of sheer steel, the forgotten bones of miles standish ..."
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