| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pil·grim |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p l gr m |
| NOUN: | 1. A religious devotee who journeys to a shrine or sacred place. 2. One who embarks on a quest for something conceived of as sacred. 3. A traveler. 4. Pilgrim One of the English Separatists who founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French peligrin, from Late Latin pelegr nus, alteration of Latin peregrnus, foreigner. See peregrine.
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