Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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.
   • 1986 April 19, Jacqueline Simon, “Breaking New Ground: Bargaining in 1986”, in AFL-CIO News, volume 31, number 16, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 2:

     In a new contract settled by arbitration between the U.S. Postal Service and the Letter Carriers, the Postal Workers and the Laborers, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was added as a tenth holiday.

• Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. (official)

• “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., 2003–2026