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Standish

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A small town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD5610).
  2. 2
    A small village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8008).
  3. 3
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lassen County, California.
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Cumberland County, Maine.
  5. 5
    A place in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Arenac County, Michigan.
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  1. 6
    A place in the United States:; A township in Arenac County, Michigan.
  2. 7
    A place in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  3. 8
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Missouri.
  4. 9
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A stand to hold ink, pens, and other writing accessories; an inkstand. obsolete

    "An antiquarie is an honest man, for he had rather scrape a piece of copper out of the durt, than a crowne out of Plodion's standish."

Etymology

From Middle English standisshe, standys, standyshe, stantif, stantys, staundische, staundys, stauntyff, stauntys, stonndis, stontis, possibly equivalent to stand (noun or verb) + -ish (forms with -f may be substantival uses of Middle English stantif (“standing”)).

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