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pilgrim

pilg·rim

UK/ˈpɪlɡɹɪm/ US/ˈpɪlɡrɪm/ fairly common literary slang

noun

1.

someone who journeys in foreign lands

2.

one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620

Synonyms
3.

some one who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • Camino pilgrim shell
  • pilgrim badge
  • pilgrim bottle
  • pilgrim hat
  • pilgrim shell
  • pilgrim's hat
  • pilgrim's staff

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