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Definitions for Pilgrim

[1] a person who journeys, especially a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion: pilgrims to the Holy Land.
[2] a traveler or wanderer, especially in a foreign place.
[3] an original settler in a region.
[4] (initial capital letter ) one of the band of Puritans who founded the colony of Plymouth, Mass., in 1620.
[5] a newcomer to a region or place, especially to the western U.S.
[6] a person who undertakes a journey to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
[7] any wayfarer
[8] See Canterbury Pilgrims (def. 2)

Words related to Pilgrim

traveler, settler, crusader, wanderer, pioneer, sojourner

Words nearby Pilgrim

pileus, pilewort, pilfer, pilferage, pilgarlic, pilgrim, pilgrim bottle, pilgrim fathers, pilgrim's progress, pilgrimage, pilgrimage of grace

Origin of Pilgrim

1150–1200; Middle English pilegrim, pelegrim, cognate with Old Frisian pilegrīm, Middle Low German pelegrīm, Old High German piligrīm, Old Norse pīlagrīmr, all < Medieval Latin pelegrīnus, dissimilated variant of Latin peregrīnus peregrine

Other words from Pilgrim

pil·gri·mat·ic , pil·gri·mat·i·cal , adjective

Word origin for Pilgrim

C12: from Provençal pelegrin, from Latin peregrīnus foreign, from per through + ager field, land; see peregrine

Synonyms for Pilgrim

settler, traveler, crusader, hadji, palmer, pioneer, sojourner, wanderer