The definition of a pilgrim is a person who travels somewhere for religious reasons.
(noun)See pilgrim in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME pelegrim < OFr pelegrin < LL(Ec) pelegrinus < L peregrinus, foreigner < peregre, from abroad < per, through + ager, field, country: see acre
See pilgrim in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French peligrin
Origin: , from Late Latin pelegrīnus
Origin: , alteration of Latin peregrīnus, foreigner; see peregrine
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