pilgrim
noun/ˈpɪlɡrɪm/
/ˈpɪlɡrɪm/
- a person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons
- Muslim pilgrims on their way to Mecca
- Christian pilgrims visiting Lourdes
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyc1, Religion and festivalsc1- Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims flock to Lourdes every year.
- Millions of pilgrims travel to Mecca.
- They were following one of the great medieval pilgrim routes.
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- Pilgrima member of the group of English people (the Pilgrim Fathers) who sailed to America on the ship The Mayflower in 1620 and started a colony in Massachusetts
Word OriginMiddle English: from Provençal pelegrin, from Latin peregrinus ‘foreign’, from peregre ‘abroad’, from per- ‘through’ + ager ‘field’.
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