the boat

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the boat^¹

proper noun the Boat

informal In US history and genealogy, a nickname for Mayflower, the ship on which the Pilgrims sailed from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. Angela Davis, longtime revolutionary and former member of the Communist Party, was stunned to learn that she, of all people, could trace her ancestry back to the boat.

the Boat^²

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Alternative letter-case form of the boat (“Mayflower”).

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@misc{the_boat_2026,
  title = {the boat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/the%20boat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}