English Explanatory Dictionary

Thomasite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the group of American teachers sent to the Philippines in 1901, or arriving in the first few years on the American Colonial Period of the Philippines.
noun
  1. A Christadelphian.

Word forms

Thomasite Thomasites

Etymology

From Thomas + -ite, after the USAT Thomas transport ship on which they travelled.

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