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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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