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pilgrim

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pil·grim  (plgrm)
n.
1. A religious devotee who journeys to a shrine or sacred place.
2. One who embarks on a quest for something conceived of as sacred.
3. A traveler.
4. Pilgrim One of the English Separatists who founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620.

[Middle English, from Old French peligrin, from Late Latin pelegrnus, alteration of Latin peregrnus, foreigner; see peregrine.]

pilgrim
Noun
1. a person who journeys to a holy place
2. any wayfarer [Latin peregrinus foreign]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pilgrimpilgrim - someone who journeys in foreign lands
journeyer, wayfarer - a traveler going on a trip
2.Pilgrim - one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620
colonist, settler - a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
3.pilgrim - someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
worshipper, believer, worshiper - a person who has religious faith
hadji, haji, hajji - an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca

pilgrim
Translations
Spanish pilgrim [ˈpɪlgrɪm] nperegrino/a;
the Pilgrim Fathers or Pilgrims → los primeros colonos norteamericanos see also Thanksgiving (Day)

French pilgrim [ˈpɪlgrɪm] npèlerin m
Pilgrim FathersLes Pilgrim Fathers ("Pères pèlerins") sont un groupe de puritains qui quittèrent l'Angleterre en 1620 pour fuir les persécutions religieuses. Ayant traversé l'Atlantique à bord du "Mayflower", ils fondèrent New Plymouth en Nouvelle-Angleterre, dans ce qui est aujourd'hui le Massachusetts. Ces Pères pèlerins sont considérés comme les fondateurs des États-Unis, et l'on commémore chaque année, le jour de "Thanksgiving", la réussite de leur première récolte.

German pilgrim [ˈpɪlgrɪm] nPilger(in) m(f)
Italian pilgrim [ˈpɪlgrɪm] npellegrino/a

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And, as his strength Failed him at length, He met a pilgrim shadow -'Shadow,' said he,'Where can it be - Thi land of Eldorado?
All were silent, only the pilgrim woman went on in measured tones, drawing in her breath.
" I said to myself, as I stepped along in the spring morning air; for, being a pilgrim, I was involuntarily in a mediaeval frame of mind, and "Marry
 
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