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Definitions for Pilgrims
[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 Pilgrims
pilgrimtraveler, settler, crusader, wanderer, pioneer, sojourner
Words nearby Pilgrims
pilgrimpileus, pilewort, pilfer, pilferage, pilgarlic, pilgrim, pilgrim bottle, pilgrim fathers, pilgrim's progress, pilgrimage, pilgrimage of grace
Origin of Pilgrims
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 Pilgrims
pil·gri·mat·ic , pil·gri·mat·i·cal , adjective
Word origin for Pilgrims
C12: from Provençal pelegrin, from Latin peregrīnus foreign, from per through + ager field, land; see peregrine
Synonyms for Pilgrims
settler, traveler, crusader, hadji, palmer, pioneer, sojourner, wanderer