pilgrim
/ˈpɪlɡɹɪm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who travels to visit a site of religious significance.
Example Sentences
- "strangers and pilgrims on the earth"
- ""I wouldn't unfork that horse yet, pilgrim. I want a good look at ya first.""
- "[T]o all galleries, churches, sistine chapels, ruins, coliseums, and artistic or dilettante shrines he zealously pilgrimed[.]"
- "The tzadikim founded residences, called "courts" by their adherents, whereto the chassidim […] used to pilgrim in order to receive inspiration and salvation"
- "For that he hath no certain home, or diet, but pilgrims up and down every where, feeding upon all sorts of Plants"
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pilegrim, from Old English pilegrī̆m, from Old French pelegrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner”). Doublet of peregrine. The change of /r…r/ to /l…r/ is an effect of dissimilation in early Romance; compare Italian pellegrino.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: pilegrim, pilegrī̆m, pelegrin, peregrīnus