Pilgrim

What do we mean by pilgrim?

A religious devotee who journeys to a shrine or sacred place. noun

A person who travels, especially to foreign lands or to a place of great personal importance. noun

One of the English Separatists who founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620. noun

To journey or travel as a pilgrim; undertake or accomplish a pilgrimage.

A traveler; specifically, one who journeys to some place esteemed sacred, either as a penance, or in order to discharge some vow or religious obligation, or to obtain some spiritual or miraculous benefit; hence, a wanderer; a sojourner in a foreign land. noun

In American history, specifically, one of the English separatists who sailed from Delfthaven (in the Netherlands) in the “Mayflower,” touching at Southampton, England, and founded the colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts, at the end of 1620. noun

A new-comer, whether a person or an animal; a “tenderfoot.” noun

A curtain or screen of silk hanging from the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck, worn in the latter part of the eighteenth century. noun

In modern times, a carved pearl shell such as are brought by travelers from the Holy Land. noun

In heraldry, same as bourdon. noun

Of, pertaining to, used by, or characteristic of a pilgrim, or one who travels to a sacred place in performance of some religious duty; wandering as a pilgrim; consisting of pilgrims.

A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger. noun

One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee. See Palmer. noun

Of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims; making pilgrimages. adjective

A name popularly given to the one hundred and two English colonists who landed from the Mayflower and made the first settlement in New England at Plymouth in 1620. They were separatists from the Church of England, and most of them had sojourned in Holland. adjective

To journey; to wander; to ramble. intransitive verb

One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance. noun

To journey; to wander; to ramble. verb

Someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion noun

Someone who journeys in foreign lands noun

One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.

A newcomer.

A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck.

Words that are spelled similarly to pilgrim:
pilgrim, pilgram.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word pilgrim:
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Words that rhyme with pilgrim:
pilgram.

Adjectives that are often used to describe pilgrim:
chinese, little, poor, weary, old, christian, pious, buddhist, young, fellow, aged, modern, devout, passionate, true, famous, spiritual, holy, humble, solitary, medieval, lonely, literary, religious, female, english, century, russian, dear, ordinary, worn, anonymous, lone, muslim, eternal, tired, noble, happy, faithful, royal, strange, penitent, celebrated, warlike, youthful, irish, venerable, unknown, sick, occasional, male, rich, mediaeval, thirsty, gentle, crazy, tibetan, spanish, devoted, haired, elderly, earthly, genuine, hindu, turkish, disappointed, earnest.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective pilgrim:
fathers, way, spirit, tax, church, staff, shrines, life, traffic, ships, ancestors, soul, routes, stock, songs, centres, caravans, dress, ship, caravan, street, poet, flask, flasks, blood, formation, route, sires, guides, road, mothers, bottle, band, bottles, garb, letters, travel, stories, festivals, settlers, hats, centre, faith, children, tourists, feet, badges, places, narrator, feasts, village, path, guise, tourist, churches, edition, costumes, sacrifice, settlement, era, leaders, records, book, sun, knights, guide, hunter, season, souls, psalms, families, friends, scholar, grey, priests, limestone, gathering, feast, settlements, station, taxes, visitors, notes, plays, staves, prophet, girls, crusaders, folk, roads, forebears.

Consonant match to pilgrim:
pilgram.

Words that sound like pilgrim:
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