pilgrim
(noun) someone who journeys in foreign lands
pilgrim
(noun) someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
Pilgrim, Pilgrim Father
(noun) one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pilgrim (plural pilgrims)
One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
(slang) A newcomer.
(historical) A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck.
pilgrim (third-person singular simple present pilgrims, present participle pilgriming, simple past and past participle pilgrimed)
(intransitive) To journey; to wander; to ramble.
Pilgrim (plural Pilgrims)
(historical, usually, in the plural) A settler of the Plymouth Colony.
(soccer) Someone connected with Plymouth Argyle Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Pilgrim
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Pil"grim, n. Etym: [OE. pilgrim, pelgrim, pilegrim, pelegrim; cf. D. pelgrim, OHG. piligrim, G. pilger, F. pèlerin, It. pellegrino; all fr. L. peregrinus a foreigner, fr. pereger abroad; per through + ager land, field. See Per-, and Acre, and cf. Pelerine, Peregrine.]
1. A wayfarer; a wanderer; a traveler; a stranger. Strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Heb. xi. 13.
2. One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee; as, a pilgrim to Loretto; Canterbury pilgrims. See Palmer. P. Plowman.
Pil"grim, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a pilgrim, or pilgrims; making pilgrimages. "With pilgrim steps." Milton. Pilgrim fathers, 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.
Pil"grim, v. i.
Definition: To journey; to wander; to ramble. [R.] Grew. Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
