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pilgrim
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See also: Pilgrim
English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pilegrim, from Old French pelegrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner”). Doublet of peregrine.
The change of /r…r/ to /l…r/ is an effect of dissimilation in early Romance; compare Italian pellegrino.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɪlɡɹɪm/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Hyphenation: pil‧grim
Noun
pilgrim (plural pilgrims)
- One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 11:13:
- strangers and pilgrims on the earth
- (slang) A newcomer.
- 2014, W.R. Benton, War Drums:
- "I wouldn't unfork that horse yet, pilgrim. I want a good look at ya first."
- (historical) A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck.
Derived terms
Translations
traveler, especially to religious sites
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Verb
pilgrim (third-person singular simple present pilgrims, present participle pilgriming, simple past and past participle pilgrimed)
- (intransitive) To journey; to wander; to ramble.
- 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […] W. Rawlins, for the author, →OCLC:
- For that he hath no certain home, or diet, but pilgrims up and down every where, feeding upon all sorts of Plants
- 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[.]
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse pílagrímr (“pilgrim”), from Medieval Latin pelegrinus, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pilgrim c (singular definite pilgrimmen, plural indefinite pilgrimme)
- pilgrim (traveller, especially to religious sites)
Inflection
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Middle English
Noun
pilgrim
- alternative form of pilegrim
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish pilagrimber, from Old Norse pílagrímr (“pilgrim”), from Medieval Latin pelegrinus, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”).
Noun
pilgrim c
Declension
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References
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