noun

1. a person who travels about; wanderer
2. a person who travels to a shrine or holy place as a religious act
3. ☆ any member of the band of English Puritans who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620

Etymology: ME pelegrim < OFr pelegrin < LL(Ec) pelegrinus < L peregrinus, foreigner < peregre, from abroad < per, through + ager, field, country: see acre