Pilgrim Fathers
plural noun
- the pioneers of British colonization of North America. A group of 102 people led by English Puritans fleeing religious persecution sailed in the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620.前辈清教徒移民(英国殖民北美的先驱; 由英国清教徒率领的102人, 为逃避宗教迫害, 乘坐“五月花”号船到达北美, 于1620年在马萨诸塞建立了普里茅斯殖民地)。