Usually means: Military leader, Pilgrim colony defender.
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▸ noun:  English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth colony (1584-1656)


Opposite:
John Alden

Phrases:
The Courtship of Miles Standish, more...

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John Alden

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The Courtship of Miles Standish, more...




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