Mayflower

ship that brought the founding Puritans. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 313]

See: America

Mayflower

ship which brought Pilgrims to New World (1620). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1730]

See: Colonization

mayflower

of Massachusetts. [Flower Symbolism: Golenpaul, 633]

See: Flower, State

Mayflower

vessel of America’s pilgrims (1620). [Am. Hist.: Hart, 530]

See: Journey

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