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Discoverers' Day
noun
Discoverers’ Day
noun
Definition of DISCOVERERS’ DAY
—used in Hawaii as the name of the federal holiday celebrated as Columbus Day in most U.S. states <Today is Discoverers' Day (Columbus Day on the Mainland), observed in the Islands as a federal holiday but no longer a state or county holiday. — Honolulu Advertiser, 14 Oct. 2002>
First Known Use of DISCOVERERS’ DAY
1972
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