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Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day noun: a holiday, originally to give thanks to God for the harvest, celebrated annually on the second Monday of October.

Noun (1)

Thanksgiving Day (plural Thanksgiving Days)

  1. (Canada) A holiday, originally to give thanks to God for the harvest, celebrated annually on the second Monday of October.
    Synonyms:
    Thanksgiving
  2. (US) A holiday, originally to give thanks to God and to commemorate the feast held by the Pilgrim colonists, celebrated annually on the fourth Thursday of November.
  3. A holiday to commemorate the invasion of Grenada by the United States and the overthrowing of the communist People's Revolutionary Government in 1983, celebrated annually on the 25th of October.

Noun (2) capitalized: Thanksgiving day

Thanksgiving day (plural Thanksgiving days)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Thanksgiving Day.
    • The breakdown of our holidays into days of mere worldly diversion is pathetic—e. g.: Fourth of July without patriotism, Thanksgiving day without thanks and Christmas day without Christ. What insults to the Almighty! Let us make it not alone a Santa-mas, but a Christ-mas.1912 December 20, “Church Notes”, in G. H. Graham, editor, The Nebraska News, volume VIII, number 42, Lincoln, Neb.: The Claflin Publishing Company, →OCLC, page [2], column 3
    • As a Thanksgiving day gift to inmates of the Texas penitentiary, Mrs. Ferguson—the governor, or “governor-ess,” assuming that her husband is the real executive—issued 105 clemency proclamations.1925 December 5, “The War in Texas”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume LVIII, number 175, Atlanta, Ga., page six, column 1

Synonyms of Thanksgiving Day

Forms of Thanksgiving Day

pluralThanksgiving Days
alternative formThanksgiving day
pluralThanksgiving days

Questions about Thanksgiving Day

What does Thanksgiving Day mean?
Thanksgiving Day means a holiday, originally to give thanks to God for the harvest, celebrated annually on the second Monday of October.
What part of speech is Thanksgiving Day?
Thanksgiving Day is a noun.
What is the plural of Thanksgiving Day?
The plural of Thanksgiving Day is Thanksgiving Days.

Words near Thanksgiving Day in the dictionary

  1. thanksgives
  2. Thanksgivin'
  3. thanksgiving
  4. Thanksgiving break
  5. Thanksgiving breaks
  6. Thanksgiving Day
  7. Thanksgiving Days
  8. Thanksgiving Thursday
  9. Thanksgiving Thursdays
  10. thanksgivings
  11. Thanksgivingtide

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