PILGRIM


Meaning of PILGRIM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpil-grəm ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French pelerin, pilegrin, from Late Latin pelegrinus, alteration of Latin peregrinus foreigner, from peregrinus, adjective, foreign, from peregri abroad, from per through + agr-, ager land — more at for , acre

Date: 13th century

1. : one who journeys in foreign lands : wayfarer

2. : one who travels to a shrine or holy place as a devotee

3. capitalized : one of the English colonists settling at Plymouth in 1620

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.