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pelerin

pelerin noun: a pilgrim.

Noun

pelerin (plural pelerins)

  1. (obsolete) A pilgrim.
    • Can e're thy bountyes be by vs repayed?
      All-vertuouse princes! Africk's gloriows starre!
      We straying Pelerins will ne'r assay't,
      Thy great deserts exceed owr pow'r so farre.1614, William Mure, Dido and Æneas

Forms of pelerin

pluralpelerins
alternative formpilleryn

Origin of pelerin

From Middle English pelerin, from Old French pelerin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”). Doublet of pilgrim.

Questions about pelerin

What does pelerin mean?
Pelerin means a pilgrim.
What part of speech is pelerin?
Pelerin is a noun.
What is the plural of pelerin?
The plural of pelerin is pelerins.

Words near pelerin in the dictionary

  1. Pelegs
  2. pelehouse
  3. pelehouses
  4. Peleliu
  5. Peleng
  6. pelerin
  7. pelerine
  8. pelerines
  9. pelerins
  10. Pelethim
  11. Pelethite

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