Thanksgiving Day

Variant of thanksgiving

thanksgiving definition

thanks·giv·ing (t̸haŋks′giv′iŋ)

noun

    1. the act of giving thanks
    2. an expression of this; esp., a formal, often public, expression of thanks to God in the form of a prayer, etc.
  2. ☆
    in full Thanksgiving Day
    1. an annual U.S. holiday observed on the fourth Thursday of November as a day of giving thanks and feasting: it commemorates the Pilgrims' celebration of the good harvest of 1621
    2. a similar Canadian holiday on the second Monday of October

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