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PILGRIM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who journeys in foreign lands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pilgrim" is a kind of...):

journeyer; wayfarer (a traveler going on a trip)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pilgrim" is a kind of...):

believer; worshiper; worshipper (a person who has religious faith)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pilgrim"):

hadji; haji; hajji (an Arabic term of respect for someone who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca)

Sense 3

Meaning:

One of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620

Synonyms:

Pilgrim; Pilgrim Father

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Pilgrim" is a kind of...):

colonist; settler (a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Rather a rough road for you to travel, my little pilgrims, especially the latter part of it.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Dear knights and gentlemen, he cried in a high crackling voice, worthy Christian cavaliers, will ye ride past and leave an aged pilgrim to die of hunger?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The venerable cathedral towers, and the old jackdaws and rooks whose airy voices made them more retired than perfect silence would have done; the battered gateways, one stuck full with statues, long thrown down, and crumbled away, like the reverential pilgrims who had gazed upon them; the still nooks, where the ivied growth of centuries crept over gabled ends and ruined walls; the ancient houses, the pastoral landscape of field, orchard, and garden; everywhere—on everything—I felt the same serener air, the same calm, thoughtful, softening spirit.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

For the fun of it we bring our things in these bags, wear the old hats, use poles to climb the hill, and play pilgrims, as we used to do years ago.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Now, my little pilgrims, suppose you begin again, not in play, but in earnest, and see how far on you can get before Father comes home.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Well, you see we used to play Pilgrim's Progress, and we have been going on with it in earnest, all winter and summer.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

With the wreck of her frail body, Beth's soul grew strong, and though she said little, those about her felt that she was ready, saw that the first pilgrim called was likewise the fittest, and waited with her on the shore, trying to see the Shining Ones coming to receive her when she crossed the river.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

She knew it very well, for it was that beautiful old story of the best life ever lived, and Jo felt that it was a true guidebook for any pilgrim going on a long journey.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)