pilgrim
Syllables: pil·grim/ˈpɪlɡɹɪm/
pilgrim noun: any traveler.
Noun (1)
pilgrim (plural pilgrims)
- Any traveler.
- strangers and pilgrims on the earth1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 11:13
- An early American settler.
- A newcomer.
- "I wouldn't unfork that horse yet, pilgrim. I want a good look at ya first."2014, W.R. Benton, War Drums
- A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck.
Verb
pilgrim (third-person singular simple present pilgrims, present participle pilgriming, simple past and past participle pilgrimed)
- To make a pilgrimage
- [T]o all galleries, churches, sistine chapels, ruins, coliseums, and artistic or dilettante shrines he zealously pilgrimed[.]1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling
- The tzadikim founded residences, called "courts" by their adherents, whereto the chassidim […] used to pilgrim in order to receive inspiration and salvation1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 413
- To wander; to ramble.
- For that he hath no certain home, or diet, but pilgrims up and down every where, feeding upon all sorts of Plants1681, 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: […]...
Noun (2) capitalized: Pilgrim
Pilgrim (plural Pilgrims)
Proper noun capitalized: Pilgrim
Pilgrim
- A surname.
pilgrim meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
pilgrim in Hindi
- traveler, especially to religious sites
- तीर्थयात्री tīrthayātrī
pilgrim in Tamil
- யாத்ரீகர், புனிதப் பயணி
pilgrim in Urdu
- traveler, especially to religious sites
- زائِر zāir, حاجی hājī
pilgrim in Bengali
- traveler, especially to religious sites
- তীর্থযাত্রী tirthojatri
More languagesFewer languages
- pilgrim in Telugu
- యాత్ర చేసేవాడు yātra cēsēvāḍu, తీర్థయాత్రాపరుడు tīrthayātrāparuḍu, యాత్రికుడు yātrikuḍu
- pilgrim in Malayalam
- യാത്രികൻ yātrikaṉ
- pilgrim in Kannada
- ಯಾತ್ರಿಕ yātrika, ಯಾತ್ರಾರ್ಥಿ yātrārthi
- pilgrim in Punjabi
- یاتری yātrī
- pilgrim in Gujarati
- યાત્રિક yātrik
- pilgrim in Pashto
- زاير zāér, زوار zawãr, حاجي hājí, اجاڼۍ ajāṇəy
- pilgrim in Tagalog
- peregrino
- pilgrim in Arabic
- حَاجّ ḥājj, حَجِّيّ ḥajjiyy
- pilgrim in Malay
- jemaah
- pilgrim in Thai
- ผู้แสวงบุญ pûu-sà-wɛ̌ɛng-bun, นักแสวงบุญ nák-sà-wɛ̌ɛng-bun, จาริก jaa-rík
- pilgrim in Vietnamese
- người hành hương
- pilgrim in Myanmar
- ဘုရားဖူး bhu.ra:hpu:
Examples of pilgrim in a sentence
- The annual Muslim Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, which is attended by millions of pilgrims, has increasingly suffered from stampedes.
- Pilgrims of all sects throng this temple on auspicious occasion of every fullmoon.
- The purohit helps the pilgrim should he fall sick or have difficulties with officials.
Forms of pilgrim
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pilgrims |
| plural | Pilgrims |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | pilgrims |
| present participle | pilgriming |
| past participle | pilgrimed |
| past | pilgrimed |
Origin of pilgrim
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.
Words formed from pilgrim
Phrases with pilgrim
Questions about pilgrim
- What does pilgrim mean?
- Pilgrim means any traveler.
- What is pilgrim in Hindi?
- Pilgrim in Hindi is तीर्थयात्री (tīrthayātrī). See Pilgrim meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pilgrim?
- Pilgrim can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce pilgrim?
- Pilgrim is pronounced /ˈpɪlɡɹɪm/.
- What is the plural of pilgrim?
- The plural of pilgrim is pilgrims.
Words near pilgrim in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pilgrim (page history and authors); Pilgrim (page history and authors); pilgrim (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); യാത്രികൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); یاتری (Punjabi) (page history and authors); યાત્રિક (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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