Definition of pilgrim Pilgrim

/pɪˈlgɹʌm/ - [pilgrum] - pil•grim

We found 12 definitions of pilgrim from 6 different sources.

What does pilgrim mean?

Noun Plural: pilgrims
pilgrim - someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
		believer, worshiper, worshipper a person who has religious faith
pilgrim - someone who journeys in foreign lands
pilgrim - one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620
		Pilgrim Father

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pilgrim (Noun)
One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
pilgrim (Verb)
To journey; to wander; to ramble.

pilgrim (n.)
A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger.
pilgrim (n.)
One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee; as, a pilgrim to Loretto; Canterbury pilgrims. See Palmer.
pilgrim (a.)
Of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims; making pilgrimages.
pilgrim (v. i.)
To journey; to wander; to ramble.

pilgrim
Someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion.

pilgrim
pil′grim, n. one who travels to a distance to visit a sacred place: a wanderer: a traveller: a silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck: (slang) a new-comer.—adj. of or pertaining to a pilgrim: like a pilgrim: consisting of pilgrims.—ns. Pil′grimage, the journey of a pilgrim: a journey to a shrine or other sacred place: the time taken for a pilgrimage: the journey of life, a lifetime; Pil′grim-bott′le, a flat bottle holed at the neck for a cord.—Pilgrim fathers, the colonists who went to America in the ship Mayflower, and founded New England in 1620; Pilgrim's shell, a cockle-shell used as a sign that one had visited the Holy Land; Pilgrim's staff, a long staff which pilgrims carried as a sort of badge. [O. Fr. pelegrin (Fr. pèlerin)—L. peregrinus, foreigner, stranger—pereger, a traveller—per, through, ager, land.]