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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pil•grim /ˈpɪlgrɪm, -grəm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religiona person on a pilgrimage.
- a traveler or wanderer, esp. in a foreign place.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pil•grim (pil′grim, -grəm),USA pronunciation n. - Religiona person who journeys, esp. a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion:pilgrims to the Holy Land.
- a traveler or wanderer, esp. in a foreign place.
- an original settler in a region.
- American History(cap.) one of the band of Puritans who founded the colony of Plymouth, Mass., in 1620.
- a newcomer to a region or place, esp. to the western U.S.
- Medieval Latin pelegrīnus, dissimilated variant of Latin peregrīnus peregrine
- Middle English pilegrim, pelegrim, cognate with Old Frisian pilegrīm, Middle Low German pelegrīm, Old High German piligrīm, Old Norse pīlagrīmr, all 1150–1200
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pilgrim /ˈpɪlɡrɪm/ n - a person who undertakes a journey to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
- any wayfarer
Etymology: 12th Century: from Provençal pelegrin, from Latin peregrīnus foreign, from per through + ager field, land; see peregrine |