Pilgrim Definition

pĭlgrəm
pilgrims
noun
A person who travels about; wanderer.
Webster's New World
A person who travels to a shrine or holy place as a religious act.
Webster's New World
A person who travels, especially to foreign lands or to a place of great personal importance.
American Heritage
Any member of the band of English Puritans who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620
Webster's New World

(soccer) Someone connected with Plymouth Argyle Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

Wiktionary
pronoun
A settler of the Plymouth Colony. Usually used in plural.
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verb

(intransitive) To journey; to wander; to ramble.

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Other Word Forms of Pilgrim

Noun

Singular:
pilgrim
Plural:
pilgrims

Origin of Pilgrim

  • Middle English (early 13th century) pilegrim, from Old French pelegrin (11th century), from Latin peregrinus (“foreigner") (English peregrine (“wandering")), a derivation from per-egre; see per- + agri (“field, farm") (from which English agri- (“farming")).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French peligrin from Late Latin pelegrīnus alteration of Latin peregrīnus foreigner peregrine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • The change of -r...r- to -l...r- is an effect of dissimilation in early Romance; compare Italian cognate pellegrino.

    From Wiktionary

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