[pil-grim, -gruh
m] 
| 1. | a person who journeys, esp. a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion: pilgrims to the Holy Land. |
| 2. | a traveler or wanderer, esp. in a foreign place. |
| 3. | an original settler in a region. |
| 4. | (initial capital letter) one of the band of Puritans who founded the colony of Plymouth, Mass., in 1620. |
| 5. | a newcomer to a region or place, esp. to the western U.S. |
| pil·grim (pĭl'grəm) n.
[Middle English, from Old French peligrin, from Late Latin pelegrīnus, alteration of Latin peregrīnus, foreigner; see peregrine.] |