pilgrim

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons.

   Thousands of pilgrims visit the shrine every year.

2. 2
   verb

   To travel to a holy place for religious reasons.

   For centuries, the faithful have pilgrimed to this sacred mountain.

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.

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