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Thanksgiving Day

 
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–noun
a national holiday celebrated as a day of feasting and giving thanks for divine favors or goodness, observed on the fourth Thursday of November in the U.S. and in Canada on the second Monday of October.
Origin:
1665–75, Americanism
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Thanksgiving Day  
n.  

  1. The fourth Thursday of November, observed as a legal holiday in the United States to commemorate the feast held at Plymouth in 1621 by the Pilgrim colonists and members of the Wampanoag people and marked by the giving of thanks to God for harvest and health.

  2. The second Monday of October, celebrated in Canada by the giving of thanks to God for harvest and health.

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Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See Turkey Day
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