Definitions for pilgrim

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pilgrim pil·grim

Spelling: [pil-grim, -gruh m]

IPA: /ˈpɪl grɪm, -grəm/

Pilgrim is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in pilgrim (giilmpr).

Definitions for pilgrim

noun

1. a person who journeys, especially a long distance, to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion:
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.

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, diss

Examples for pilgrim

Pictured above is the sculpture titled Hopeful Had Much Ado from pilgrim's Progress.

After reading Franny and Zooey, I read The Way of the pilgrim.

Thus the 'pilgrim's Progress' is a book, which, when once read, can never be forgotten.

Most were originally drove roads, paths to market, or pilgrim paths.

The tip of the one of the spires at the National Cathedral fell onto the steps of pilgrim Road.

Why was Mr. Greatheart, in pilgrim's Progress, my favorite character?

I suppose the pilgrim and the Rake are contrasted with each other.

In 'The pilgrim's Progress' we are among genuine human beings.

Never did a pilgrim approach Niagara with deeper enthusiasm than mine.

I only said that you are a pilgrim, a nobleman, and that I used to know you.