Definitions for thanksgiving

Overview of noun thanksgiving

The noun thanksgiving has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (2) Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day

(fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag)

2. grace, blessing, thanksgiving

(a short prayer of thanks before a meal; "their youngest son said grace")