name · noun · verb · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈpɪlɡɹɪm/
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CMU ARPABET:P IH1 L G R AH0 M
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1
name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 2
One who travels to visit a site of religious significance.
Any traveler.
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Usage: literary
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noun
Meaning 3
One who travels to visit a site of religious significance.
An early American settler.
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Usage: broadly
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noun
Meaning 4
A newcomer.
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Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 5
A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck.
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Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 6
A settler of the Plymouth Colony, who left for the New World in the early 17th century.
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Usage: historical, plural-normally
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noun
Meaning 7
Someone connected with Plymouth Argyle Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
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verb
Meaning 8
To make a pilgrimage
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Usage: intransitive
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9
verb
Meaning 9
To wander; to ramble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
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noun
Meaning 10
someone who journeys in foreign lands
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: wayfarer, journeyer
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noun
Meaning 11
someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: believer, worshiper, worshipper
Narrower terms: hajji, hadji, haji
12
noun
Meaning 12
one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Pilgrim Father
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Broader terms: settler, colonist
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pilegrim, from Old English pilegrī̆m, from Old French pelegrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner”). Doublet of peregrine. The change of /r...r/ to /l...r/ is an effect of dissimilation in early Romance; compare Italian pellegrino.
Across languages
Translations
125 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
pelgrim
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Albanian:
pelegrin
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Albanian:
haxhi
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Arabic:
حَاجّ
(ḥājj)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Arabic:
حَجِّيّ
(ḥajjiyy)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Armenian:
ուխտագնաց
(uxtagnacʻ)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Asturian:
pelegrín
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Azerbaijani:
zəvvar
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Azerbaijani:
ziyarətçi
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Belarusian:
пало́мнік
(palómnik)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Belarusian:
пілігры́м
(pilihrým)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Bengali:
তীর্থযাত্রী
(tirthojatri)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Breton:
pirc'hirin
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Bulgarian:
хаджи́я
(hadžíja)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Bulgarian:
покло́нник
(poklónnik)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Bulgarian:
пилигри́м
(piligrím)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Burmese:
ဘုရားဖူး
(bhu.ra:hpu:)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Catalan:
pelegrí
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Catalan:
pelegrina
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Chinese Mandarin:
朝覲者 /朝觐者
(cháojìnzhě)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Chinese Mandarin:
朝聖者 /朝圣者
(cháoshèngzhě)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Chinese Mandarin:
巡禮者 /巡礼者
(xúnlǐzhě)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Chinese Mandarin:
香客
(xiāngkè)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Czech:
poutník
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Danish:
pilgrim
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Dutch:
pelgrim
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Esperanto:
pilgrimanto
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Estonian:
palverändur
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Faroese:
pílagrímur
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Finnish:
pyhiinvaeltaja
— traveler, especially to religious sites
French:
pèlerin
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Galician:
peregrino
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Georgian:
მლოცვარე
(mlocvare)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
German:
Pilger
— traveler, especially to religious sites
German:
Wallfahrer
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Greek:
προσκυνητής
(proskynitís)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Hebrew:
עוֹלֵה רֶגֶל
(olé régel)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Hebrew:
צַלְיָן
(tsalyán)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Hindi:
तीर्थयात्री
(tīrthayātrī)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Hungarian:
zarándok
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Icelandic:
pílagrímur
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Irish:
oilithreach
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Italian:
pellegrino
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Japanese:
巡礼者
(junreisha)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Kannada:
ಯಾತ್ರಿಕ
(yātrika)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Kannada:
ಯಾತ್ರಾರ್ಥಿ
(yātrārthi)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Kazakh:
зияратшы
(ziäratşy)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Khmer:
បូជនីយេសក៍
(boccĕəʼniiyeeh)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Khmer:
បូជនិយេសក៍
(bouccĕəʼniiyeeh)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Khmer:
អ្នកធម្មយាត្រា
(nĕək thŏəmmĕəʼ yiətraa)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Korean:
순례자
(sullyeja)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Northern Kurdish:
hecî
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Kyrgyz:
зыяратчы
(zıyaratcı)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Latvian:
svētceļnieks
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Lithuanian:
maldininkas
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Lombard:
pelegrì
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Macedonian:
поклоник
(poklonik)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Macedonian:
аџија
(adžija)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Malay:
jemaah
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Mongolian:
аянчин
(ajančin)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Mongolian:
мөргөлчин
(mörgölčin)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Mongolian:
бадарчин
(badarčin)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Norman:
pèlerîn
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Norwegian Bokmål:
pilegrim
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Occitan:
pelegrin
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Occitan:
romieu
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Occitan:
romiu
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Old Galician-Portuguese:
romeu
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Old Galician-Portuguese:
romeiro
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Pashto:
زاير
(zāér)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Pashto:
زوار
(zawãr)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Pashto:
حاجي
(hājí)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Pashto:
اجاڼۍ
(ajāṇəy)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Dari:
زَائِر
(zā'ir)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Dari:
حَاجِی
(hājī)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Iranian Persian:
زائِر
(zâ'er)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Iranian Persian:
حاجی
(hâji)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Plautdietsch:
Pilja
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Polish:
pielgrzym
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Polish:
pątnik
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Portuguese:
peregrino
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Romanian:
pelerin
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Russian:
пало́мник
(palómnik)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Russian:
пилигри́м
(piligrím)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Russian:
стра́нник
(stránnik)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Russian:
богомо́лец
(bogomólec)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Scottish Gaelic:
eilthireach
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Serbo-Croatian:
hȍdočasnīk
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Serbo-Croatian:
hȍdočasnica
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Serbo-Croatian:
poklonik
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Serbo-Croatian:
poklonica
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Sicilian:
caminanti
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Sicilian:
piḍḍigrinu
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Sicilian:
zannu
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Sicilian:
divutu
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Slovak:
pútnik
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Slovene:
romar
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Slovene:
romarica
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Spanish:
peregrino
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Swedish:
pilgrim
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Swedish:
vallfärdare
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Tagalog:
peregrino
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Tajik:
зиёраткунанда
(ziyoratkunanda)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Tajik:
ҳоҷӣ
(hoji)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Tajik:
тавофкунанда
(tavofkunanda)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Tajik:
зоир
(zoyir)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Telugu:
యాత్ర చేసేవాడు
(yātra cēsēvāḍu)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Telugu:
తీర్థయాత్రాపరుడు
(tīrthayātrāparuḍu)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Telugu:
యాత్రికుడు
(yātrikuḍu)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Thai:
ผู้แสวงบุญ
(pûu-sà-wɛ̌ɛng-bun)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Thai:
นักแสวงบุญ
(nák-sà-wɛ̌ɛng-bun)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Thai:
จาริก
(jaa-rík)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Turkish:
hacı
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Ottoman Turkish:
حاجی
(hacı)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Turkmen:
zyýaratçy
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Ukrainian:
проча́нин
(pročányn)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Ukrainian:
пало́мник
(palómnyk)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Ukrainian:
пілігри́м
(pilihrým)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Urdu:
زائِر
(zāir)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Urdu:
حاجی
(hājī)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Uyghur:
زىيارەتچى
(ziyaretchi)
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Uzbek:
ziyoratchi
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Vietnamese:
người hành hương
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Volapük:
pilgrim
— traveler, especially to religious sites
Welsh:
pererin
— traveler, especially to religious sites