standish

Noun

stand=ish

WORDNET DICTIONARY

standish(n = noun.person) miles standish, myles standish - English colonist in America; leader of the Pilgrims in the early days of the Plymouth Colony (1584-1656);

is a kind of colonist, settler

standish, n. [Stand + dish.].

A stand, or case, for pen and ink. [1913 Webster]

"I bequeath to Dean Swift, Esq., my large silver standish." [1913 Webster]