Synonyms for pilgrim

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pil-grim, -gruh m

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪl grɪm, -grəm

Définition of pilgrim

Origin : c.1200, pilegrim, from Old French pelerin, peregrin "pilgrim, crusader; foreigner, stranger" (11c., Modern French pèlerin), from Late Latin pelegrinus, dissimilated from Latin peregrinus "foreigner" (source of Italian pellegrino, Spanish peregrino), from peregre (adv.) "from abroad," from per- "beyond" + agri, locative case of ager "country" (see acre).
Change of first -r- to -l- in most Romance languages by dissimilation; the -m appears to be a Germanic modification. Pilgrim Fathers "English Puritans who founded Plymouth colony" is first found 1799 (they called themselves Pilgrims from c.1630, in reference to Hebrew xi:13).

noun wayfarer

Example sentences :

Never did a pilgrim approach Niagara with deeper enthusiasm than mine.
Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

I suppose the Pilgrim and the Rake are contrasted with each other.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Why was Mr. Greatheart, in Pilgrim's Progress, my favorite character?
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

I only said that you are a pilgrim, a nobleman, and that I used to know you.
Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy

In 'The Pilgrim's Progress' we are among genuine human beings.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

Thus the 'Pilgrim's Progress' is a book, which, when once read, can never be forgotten.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

The Pilgrim himself was beyond the reach of such uneasy visions.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

Christiana and her children are tolerated for the pilgrim's sake to whom they belong.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

Like his own Pilgrim, he had the burden on his back of his conscious unworthiness.
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

He wonders if Nannie ever went to school, and if she has read the Pilgrim's Progress?
Extract from : « The Elm Tree Tales » by F. Irene Burge Smith

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