pilgrim
One who travels to visit a site of religious significanceOne who travels to visit a site of religious significance.: Any traveler.
» Are you pilgrims?
Seid ihr Pilger?
Seid ihr Pilgerinnen?
Sind Sie Pilger?
Sind Sie Pilgerinnen?
Meaning
4 sensesOne who travels to visit a site of religious significance.
(literary)Any traveler.
Pilger, Wallfahrer
пало́мникpalómnik, пилигри́мpiligrím, стра́нникstránnik
проча́нинpročányn, пало́мникpalómnyk, пілігри́мpilihrým
(broadly)An early American settler.
(slang)A newcomer.
(historical)A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck.
- someone who journeys in foreign lands
- someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
- one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620
Examples
22 sentencesAre you pilgrims?
deSeid ihr Pilger?
The pilgrims brought gifts from distant lands.
ruПаломники принесли дары из дальних стран.
deDie Pilger brachten Gaben aus fernen Ländern mit.
I decided to go away with the pilgrims.
ruЯ решил уйти с паломниками.
deIch beschloss, mit den Pilgern fortzugehen.
The villagers gathered to bid goodbye to the pilgrims.
deDie Dorfbewohner versammelten sich, um sich von den Pilgern zu verabschieden.
The pilgrims entered the ancient fane to offer their prayers.
deDie Pilger betraten das alte Heiligtum, um ihre Gebete darzubringen.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English pilegrim, from Old English pilegrī̆m, from Old French pelegrInherited from Middle English pilegrim, from Old English pilegrī̆m, from Old French pelegrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner”). Doublet of peregrine.
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Forms
plural: pilgrimsSynonyms
1 synonyms- 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 Father