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 Definitions of Pilgrim  [ˈpɪl grɪm, -grəm]  

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Definition of 'Pilgrim' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) pilgrim
a person who journeys, esp. a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion.

2.  pilgrim
a traveler or wanderer, esp. in a foreign place.

3.  pilgrim
(cap.) one of the band of Puritans who founded the colony of Plymouth, Mass., in 1620.

Etymology:  (1150–1200; ME pilegrim, pelegrim, c. OHG piligrīm, ON pīlagrīmr, all < ML pelegrīnus, dissimilated var. of L peregrīnusperegrine)

Definition of 'Pilgrim' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) pilgrim
someone who journeys in foreign lands

2. (noun) Pilgrim, Pilgrim Father
one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620

3. (noun) pilgrim
someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion


Definition of 'Pilgrim' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) pilgrim
sb who travels to a place for religious reasons
pilgrims visiting the shrine


Definition of 'Pilgrim' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Pilgrim
of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims; making pilgrimages

2. (noun) Pilgrim
a wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger

3. (noun) Pilgrim
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

4. (verb) Pilgrim
to journey; to wander; to ramble


Translation of 'Pilgrim' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person who travels to a holy place
Every year thousands of pilgrims visit Jerusalem.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: pelgrim Arabic flag Arabic: حاجٌّ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: поклонник
Brazilian flag Brazilian: peregrino Czech flag Czech: poutník, -ice German flag German: der/die Pilger(in)
Danish flag Danish: pilgrim Greek flag Greek: προσκυνητής Spanish flag Spanish: peregrino
Estonian flag Estonian: palverändur Farsi flag Farsi: زائر Finnish flag Finnish: pyhiinvaeltaja
French flag French: pèlerin/-ine Hebrew flag Hebrew: עוֹלֶה רֶגֶל Hindi flag Hindi: तीर्थयात्री
Croatian flag Croatian: hodočanik Hungarian flag Hungarian: zarándok Indonesian flag Indonesian: peziarah, yang pergi haji
Icelandic flag Icelandic: pílagrímur Italian flag Italian: pellegrino Japanese flag Japanese: 巡礼
Korean flag Korean: 성지 순례자 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: piligrimas Latvian flag Latvian: svētceļnieks
Malay flag Malay: jemaah haji Dutch flag Dutch: pelgrim Norwegian flag Norwegian: pilegrim
Polish flag Polish: pielgrzym Persian flag Persian: زائر Pashto flag Pashto: مسافر، زاير، حاجي، سيلاني
Portuguese flag Portuguese: peregrino Romanian flag Romanian: pelerin Russian flag Russian: паломник
Slovak flag Slovak: pútnik, -čka Slovenian flag Slovenian: romar Serbian flag Serbian: hodočasnik
Swedish flag Swedish: pilgrim Thai flag Thai: นักแสวงบุญ Turkish flag Turkish: hacı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 朝聖者 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пілігрим; паломник Urdu flag Urdu: زائر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: người hành hương Chinese flag Chinese: 朝拜圣地的人

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