pilgrim

Inherited from Middle English pilegrim, 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪlɡɹɪm/

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• Hyphenation: pil‧grim

pilgrim (plural pilgrims)

1. One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 11:13:

     strangers and pilgrims on the earth

2. (slang) A newcomer.
   • 2014, W.R. Benton, War Drums:

     "I wouldn't unfork that horse yet, pilgrim. I want a good look at ya first."

3. (historical) A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck.

pilgrim (third-person singular simple present pilgrims, present participle pilgriming, simple past and past participle pilgrimed)

1. (intransitive) To journey; to wander; to ramble.
   • 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […] W. Rawlins, for the author, →OCLC:

     For that he hath no certain home, or diet, but pilgrims up and down every where, feeding upon all sorts of Plants

   • 1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling:

     [T]o all galleries, churches, sistine chapels, ruins, coliseums, and artistic or dilettante shrines he zealously pilgrimed[.]

From Old Norse pílagrímr (“pilgrim”), from Medieval Latin pelegrinus, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”).

• IPA^(key): /pilɡrɛm/, [ˈpʰilˌɡ̊ʁɛmˀ], [ˈpʰilˌɡ̊ʁɛm] or IPA^(key): /piːlɡrɛm/, [ˈpʰiːlˌɡ̊ʁɛmˀ], [ˈpʰiːlˌɡ̊ʁɛm]

pilgrim c (singular definite pilgrimmen, plural indefinite pilgrimme)

1. pilgrim (traveller, especially to religious sites)

pilgrim (pilgrimes)

1. alternative form of pilegrim

From Old Swedish pilagrimber, from Old Norse pílagrímr (“pilgrim”), from Medieval Latin pelegrinus, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”).

pilgrim c

1. pilgrim

• pilgrimsfärd

• pilgrim in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pilgrim in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pilgrim in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)