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pilgrim

[ pil-grim, -gruhm ]

noun

  1. a person who journeys, especially a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion:

    pilgrims to the Holy Land.

  2. a traveler or wanderer, especially 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, especially to the western U.S.


pilgrim

1

/ ˈpɪlɡrɪm /

noun

  1. a person who undertakes a journey to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
  2. any wayfarer


Pilgrim

2

/ ˈpɪlɡrɪm /

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Other Words From

  • pilgri·matic pilgri·mati·cal adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pilgrim1

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English pelegrim, pilegrim, cognate with Old Frisian pilegrīm, Middle Low German pelegrīm, Old High German piligrīm, Old Norse pīlagrīmr, all from Medieval Latin pelegrīnus, dissimilated variant of Latin peregrīnus peregrine

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pilgrim1

C12: from Provençal pelegrin, from Latin peregrīnus foreign, from per through + ager field, land; see peregrine

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Example Sentences

Not everyone is happy to let the pope play the humble pilgrim.

It is home to Papa Pilgrim, a literal-minded, self-fashioned prophet; his wife, Country Rose; and their 15 dutiful children.

Most were originally drove roads, paths to market, or pilgrim paths.

Pictured above is the sculpture titled Hopeful Had Much Ado from Pilgrim's Progress.

The tip of the one of the spires at the National Cathedral fell onto the steps of Pilgrim Road.

Naw, I sold my outfit to a goggle-eyed pilgrim that has an idea buffalo hides is prime all summer.

There is a charm in Defoe's works that one hardly finds, excepting in the Pilgrim's Progress.

We can get a pretty good idea of the reasons which led the Pilgrim Fathers to brave everything to get away from their home land.

Every pilgrim would consider his pilgrimage of no account if he did not step in here immediately on his arrival.

The older nuns had turned from their tasks and paused, in passing by, to hear the pilgrim's story.

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