Associations to the word «Standish»

Wiktionary

STANDISH, noun. (dated) Any of several forms of inkstand
STANDISH, proper noun. A small town in Wigan, Greater Manchester
STANDISH, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

STANDISH, noun. English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656).

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne