pilgrim
see also: Pilgrim
Pronunciation
Pilgrim
Noun
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see also: Pilgrim
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈpɪlɡɹɪm/
pilgrim (plural pilgrims)
- One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
- Bible, Hebrews xi. 13
- strangers and pilgrims on the earth
- Bible, Hebrews xi. 13
- (slang) A newcomer.
- (historical) A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck.
- French: pèlerin
- German: Pilger, Wallfahrer
- Italian: pellegrino
- Portuguese: peregrino
- Russian: пало́мник
- Spanish: peregrino, colonista
pilgrim (pilgrims, present participle pilgriming; past and past participle pilgrimed)
- (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[.]
- 1851 Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling
Pilgrim
Noun
pilgrim (plural pilgrims)
- (historical, usually, in the plural) A settler of the Plymouth Colony.
- (soccer) Someone connected with Plymouth Argyle Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
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