pilgrim
see also: Pilgrim
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈpɪlɡɹɪm/
Noun

pilgrim (plural pilgrims)

  1. One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
    • Bible, Hebrews xi. 13
      strangers and pilgrims on the earth
  2. (slang) A newcomer.
  3. (historical) A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck.
Translations Verb

pilgrim (pilgrims, present participle pilgriming; past and past participle pilgrimed)

  1. (intransitive) To journey; to wander; to ramble.
    • 1851 Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling
      [T]o all galleries, churches, sistine chapels, ruins, coliseums, and artistic or dilettante shrines he zealously pilgrimed[.]

Pilgrim
Noun

pilgrim (plural pilgrims)

  1. (historical, usually, in the plural) A settler of the Plymouth Colony.
  2. (soccer) Someone connected with Plymouth Argyle Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Proper noun
  1. Surname



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