Thanksgiving Day

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Thanksgiving Day¹

noun Thanksgiving Days · Thanksgiving day

  1. Canada A holiday, originally to give thanks to God for the harvest, celebrated annually on the second Monday of October.

    Similar: 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.

    Similar: Thanksgiving, Turkey Day, T-Day

  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.

Thanksgiving day²

noun 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.

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@misc{thanksgiving_day_2026,
  title = {Thanksgiving Day},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thanksgiving%20day},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}