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plural pilgrims
One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance. quotations examples
strangers and pilgrims on the earth
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Hebrews 11:13
(slang) A newcomer. quotations
"I wouldn't unfork that horse yet, pilgrim. I want a good look at ya first."
2014, W.R. Benton, War Drums
(historical) A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck.
third-person singular simple present pilgrims, present participle pilgriming, simple past and past participle pilgrimed
(intransitive) To journey; to wander; to ramble. quotations examples
For that he hath no certain home, or diet, but pilgrims up and down every where, feeding upon all sorts of Plants
1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […] W. Rawlins, for the author
[T]o all galleries, churches, sistine chapels, ruins, coliseums, and artistic or dilettante shrines he zealously pilgrimed[.]
1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling