Associations to the word «Pilgrim»

Wiktionary

PILGRIM, noun. One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
PILGRIM, verb. (intransitive) To journey; to wander; to ramble.
PILGRIM, proper noun. A settler of the Plymouth Colony. Usually used in plural.
PILGRIM, noun. (soccer) someone connected with Plymouth Argyle Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

Dictionary definition

PILGRIM, noun. Someone who journeys in foreign lands.
PILGRIM, noun. 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, noun. Someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne