Mayflower
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- proper noun
- /ˈmeɪˌflaʊər/
- Coleman's ancestors came over on the Mayflower.
- Mayflower Compact
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Watch on YouTubeNo, my ancestors did not come here on the Mayflower.
- No, my ancestors did not come here on the Mayflower.
- But, but if I took that Harley and took it to the people on the Mayflower, gassed it up, loaded it up, got it already took it back in time.
- They included Wounded Knee, Geronimo, and the Mayflower.
Examples
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Diane's mother had ancestors dating back to the Mayflower.
Fiction book (2000) -
But look at ships like the Mayflower that brought colonists to America.
Blog text (4) -
Yesterday we heard from Chad Green, whose family came over on the Mayflower.
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This goes back to the first Brewster who came over on the Mayflower.
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Well into spring, the children are still talking about their Pilgrims and the journey on the Mayflower.
Academic text (1999) -
The first written contract in English is believed to have been executed aboard the Mayflower off Cape Cod in the US on 21 November 1620.
Academic text (2012) -
In November 1620, the Mayflower was anchored in the shallows off the coast of Cape Cod.
Fiction book (1992) -
Although many have characterized the earliest New England settlers as religious zealots, their willingness to establish the Mayflower Compact, an articulation of duties and obligations, demonstrates that they were groomed in the emerging democratic traditions of Europe.
Academic text (2014) -
In the fall of 1620, the Mayflower sailed from England to America.
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Half of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower did not survive the first year.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mayflower comes from two simple English words, May ('the month of May') and flower ('a blossom'), so it literally means a 'May blossom' and gives the image of new life. That's why Mayflower is the name of the famous ship that carried the Pilgrims from England to America in 1620.