an annual day of holiday celebrated in thanksgiving to God on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States, and on the second Monday of October in Canada
Often shortened to: Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day in American English
noun
a national holiday celebrated as a day of feasting and giving thanks for divine favors or goodness, observed on the fourth Thursday of November in the U.S. and in Canada on the second Mondayof October
Word origin
[1665–75, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1665–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: background, newsletter, regulation, setback, wig