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Pilgrim
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
"strangers and pilgrims on the earth"
- 2 A settler of the Plymouth Colony, who left for the New World in the early 17th century. historical, plural-normally
- 3 someone who journeys in foreign lands wordnet
- 4 One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.; Synonym of early American settler. broadly
- 5 Someone connected with Plymouth Argyle Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
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- 6 someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion wordnet
- 7 A newcomer. slang
""I wouldn't unfork that horse yet, pilgrim. I want a good look at ya first.""
- 8 one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620 wordnet
- 9 A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck. historical
- 1 To journey; to wander; to ramble. intransitive
"For that he hath no certain home, or diet, but pilgrims up and down every where, feeding upon all sorts of Plants"
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pilegrim, from Old English pilegrī̆m, from Old French pelegrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner”). Doublet of peregrine. The change of /r…r/ to /l…r/ is an effect of dissimilation in early Romance; compare Italian pellegrino.
Inherited from Middle English pilegrim, from Old English pilegrī̆m, from Old French pelegrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner”). Doublet of peregrine. The change of /r…r/ to /l…r/ is an effect of dissimilation in early Romance; compare Italian pellegrino.
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