pilgrim

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'pilgrim', 'Pilgrim': /ˈpɪlɡrɪm/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpɪlgrɪm, -grəm/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pil′grim, -grəm)

pil•grim /ˈpɪlgrɪm, -grəm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

pil•grim (pil′grim, -grəm),USA pronunciation n.

Religiona person who journeys, esp. a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion:pilgrims to the Holy Land.
a traveler or wanderer, esp. in a foreign place.
an original settler in a region.
American History(cap.) one of the band of Puritans who founded the colony of Plymouth, Mass., in 1620.
a newcomer to a region or place, esp. to the western U.S.

Medieval Latin pelegrīnus, dissimilated variant of Latin peregrīnus peregrine
Middle English pilegrim, pelegrim, cognate with Old Frisian pilegrīm, Middle Low German pelegrīm, Old High German piligrīm, Old Norse pīlagrīmr, all 1150–1200

pil′gri•mat′ic, pil′gri•mat′i•cal, adj.

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pilgrim /ˈpɪlɡrɪm/ n

a person who undertakes a journey to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
any wayfarer

Etymology: 12th Century: from Provençal pelegrin, from Latin peregrīnus foreign, from per through + ager field, land; see peregrine

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