Pilgrim
//ˈpɪlɡɹɪm// name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 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
Verb
- 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"
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"The well-spoken man claimed to be a pilgrim, but he was actually a spy for the bandits."
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.
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