Martin Luther King Jr. Day

English

Proper noun

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

1. (US) A public holiday in the USA celebrated on the third Monday of January, during which the Civil Rights Movement, especially leader Martin Luther King Jr., is celebrated or remembered.

Further reading

• “martin-luther-king-day”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Martin Luther King Jr Day, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Martin Luther King Jr. Day”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Martin Luther King Day”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Martin Luther King Jr. Day” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.