pilgrim

See also: Pilgrim

English

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪlɡɹɪm/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Hyphenation: pil‧grim

Noun

pilgrim (plural pilgrims)

  1. One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
    1. (by extension) Synonym of early American settler.
  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.

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Translations

Verb

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[.]

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pilgrim c (singular definite pilgrimmen, plural indefinite pilgrimme)

  1. pilgrim (traveller, especially to religious sites)

Inflection

Declension of pilgrim
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pilgrim pilgrimmen pilgrimme pilgrimmene
genitive pilgrims pilgrimmens pilgrimmes pilgrimmenes

Middle English

Noun

pilgrim

  1. alternative form of pilegrim

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

pilgrim c

  1. a pilgrim
    Synonym: vallfärdare

Declension

Declension of pilgrim
nominative genitive
singular indefinite pilgrim pilgrims
definite pilgrimen pilgrimens
plural indefinite pilgrimer pilgrimers
definite pilgrimerna pilgrimernas

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References

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