Pilgrim
Pilgrim , noun
[Old English pilgrim, pelgrim, pilegrim, pelegrim; compare Dutch pelgrim, Old High German piligrīm, German pilger, French pèlerin, Italian pellegrino; all from Latin peregrinus a foreigner, from pereger abroad; per through + ager land, field. See Per-, and Acre, and compare Pelerine, Peregrine.]
1.
A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger.
Strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
2.
One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee; as, a pilgrim to Loretto; Canterbury pilgrims. See Palmer. — P. Plowman
Pilgrim , adjective
Of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims; making pilgrimages.
With pilgrim steps.
Collocations (1)
Pilgrim fathers , a name popularly given to the one hundred and two English colonists who landed from the Mayflower and made the first settlement in New England at Plymouth in 1620. They were separatists from the Church of England, and most of them had sojourned in Holland.
Pilgrim , intransitive verb
To journey; to wander; to ramble. [Rare] — Grew. Carlyle