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Definition of pilgrim noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pilgrim

noun
 
/ˈpɪlɡrɪm/
 
/ˈpɪlɡrɪm/
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  1. a person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons
    • Muslim pilgrims on their way to Mecca
    • Christian pilgrims visiting Lourdes
    Extra Examples
    • 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.
    Topics Historyc1, Religion and festivalsc1
  2. Pilgrim
     a 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
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Provençal pelegrin, from Latin peregrinus ‘foreign’, from peregre ‘abroad’, from per- ‘through’ + ager ‘field’.
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