[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.] |
A group of English Puritans, persecuted in their own country, who emigrated to America. The first group arrived on the Mayflower in 1620. They landed at Plymouth Rock, in what is now Massachusetts, and established the Plymouth Colony, with the Mayflower Compact as their constitution. William Bradford and Miles Standish were noted leaders of the colony.
