pilgrim

pil-grim · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons.

  2. 2.

    (Pilgrim) One of the English colonists who founded the Plymouth Colony in 1620.

  3. 3.

    A person who travels, especially a long distance, to reach a goal or for a purpose.

Forms

plural: pilgrims

Related words

See also: devotee, pilgrimage, traveler
Synonyms: devotee, traveler, worshiper

Etymology

From Old French pelerin, from Latin peregrinus ("foreigner, stranger"), from per ("through") + ager ("field, land").