n. & v.
n. 1 a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons. 2 a person regarded as journeying through life etc. 3 a traveller.
v.intr. (pilgrimed, pilgriming) wander like a pilgrim. Pilgrim Fathers English Puritans who founded the colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. pilgrimize v.intr. (also -ise).
[ ME pilegrim f. Prov. pelegrin f. L peregrinus stranger: see PEREGRINE ]