PILGRIM


Meaning of PILGRIM in English

— pilgrimatic, pilgrimatical , adj.

/pil"grim, -greuhm/ , n.

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. ( cap. ) 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.

[ 1150-1200; ME pilegrim, pelegrim, c. OFris pilegrim, MLG pelegrim, OHG piligrim, ON pilagrimr, all pelegrinus, dissimilated var. of L peregrinus PEREGRINE ]

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