Usually means: Holder for pens, ink, desk.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word standish:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. Standish, standish: Merriam-Webster
  2. standish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. standish: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Standish: Vocabulary.com
  5. Standish, standish: Wordnik
  6. Standish, standish: Wiktionary
  7. standish: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. standish: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. standish: Dictionary.com
  10. Standish (surname), Standish: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Standish: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. standish: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Standish: Rhymezone
  14. Standish: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. standish: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. Standish: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  17. standish: FreeDictionary.org
  18. standish: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Standish: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Standish: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. standish: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Standish)

▸ noun:  (obsolete) A stand to hold ink, pens, and other writing accessories; an inkstand.
▸ noun:  A small town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.
▸ noun:  A small village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8008).
▸ noun:  A place in the United States:
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Lassen County, California.
▸ noun:  A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine.
▸ noun:  A city, the county seat of Arenac County, Michigan.
▸ noun:  A township in Arenac County, Michigan.
▸ noun:  A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Missouri.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
inkstand, canstick, ink-well, inkwell, ink well, inkholder, ink bottle, inkpot, ink-pot, pencil holder, more...

Opposite:
sit-down, seated, sitting

Phrases:
miles standish, Myles Standish, sir ian standish monteith hamilton, standish miles, standish myles, more...

Adjectives:
old, stalwart, brave, famous, little, young, late, redoubtable, sweet, dear, renowned

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Similar:
inkstand, canstick, ink-well, inkwell, ink well, inkholder, ink bottle, inkpot, ink-pot, pencil holder, more...

Opposite:
sit-down, seated, sitting

Phrases:
miles standish, Myles Standish, sir ian standish monteith hamilton, standish miles, standish myles, The Courtship of Miles Standish, Myles Standish Burial Ground, Myles Standish State Forest, more...

Adjectives:
old, stalwart, brave, famous, little, young, late, redoubtable, sweet, dear, renowned



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