Thanksgiving Day

English

Noun

Thanksgiving Day (plural Thanksgiving Days)

1. (Canada) A holiday, originally to give thanks to God for the harvest, celebrated annually on the second Monday of October.

   Synonym: Thanksgiving

2. (US) A holiday, originally to give thanks to God and to commemorate the feast held by the Pilgrim colonists, celebrated annually on the fourth Thursday of November.

   Synonyms: Thanksgiving, Turkey Day, T-Day

3. (Grenada) A holiday to commemorate the invasion of Grenada by the United States and the overthrowing of the communist People's Revolutionary Government in 1983, celebrated annually on the 25th of October.

Translations

Thanksgiving — see Thanksgiving

See also

• Harvest Festival
• Sukkot, Feast of Tabernacles
• Black Friday
• Advent Sunday (Christian religious day at the end of November)

Further reading

• Thanksgiving on Wikipedia.Wikipedia