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Webster 1913 Edition
Pilgrim
Pil′grim
,Noun.
1.
A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger.
Strangers and
pilgrims
on the earth. Heb. xi. 13.
2.
One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee;
as, a
. See pilgrim
to Loretto; Canterbury pilgrims
Palmer
. P. Plowman.
Pil′grim
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims; making pilgrimages.
“With pilgrim steps.” Milton.
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.
Pil′grim
,Verb.
I.
To journey; to wander; to ramble.
[R.]
Grew. Carlyle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pilgrim
PIL'GRIM
,Noun.
1.
A wanderer; a traveler; particularly, one that travels to a distance from his own country to visit a holy place, or to pay his devotion to the remains of dead saints. [See Pilgrimage.]2.
In Scripture, one that has only a temporary residence on earth. Heb.11.PIL'GRIM
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
Pilgrim
Pilgrim
See also: pilgrim
English
Noun
Pilgrim (plural Pilgrims)
- (usually in the plural) A settler of the Plymouth Colony.
- (soccer) Someone connected with Plymouth Argyle Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
pilgrim
pilgrim
See also: Pilgrim
English
Noun
pilgrim (plural pilgrims)
- One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
- Bible, Hebrews xi. 13
- strangers and pilgrims on the earth
- Bible, Hebrews xi. 13
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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Grew to this entry?)
- 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[.]
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse pílagrímr (“pilgrim”), from Medieval Latin pelegrinus, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pilɡrɛm/, [ˈpʰilˌɡ̊ʁɛmˀ], [ˈpʰilˌɡ̊ʁɛm] or IPA(key): /piːlɡrɛm/, [ˈpʰiːlˌɡ̊ʁɛmˀ], [ˈpʰiːlˌɡ̊ʁɛm]
Noun
pilgrim c (singular definite pilgrimmen, plural indefinite pilgrimme)
- pilgrim (traveller, especially to religious sites)
Inflection
Inflection of pilgrim
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | pilgrim | pilgrimmen | pilgrimme | pilgrimmene |
| genitive | pilgrims | pilgrimmens | pilgrimmes | pilgrimmenes |
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse pílagrímr (“pilgrim”), from Medieval Latin pelegrinus, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”).
Noun
pilgrim c
Declension
| Inflection of pilgrim | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | pilgrim | pilgrimen | pilgrimer | pilgrimerna |
| Genitive | pilgrims | pilgrimens | pilgrimers | pilgrimernas |