Noun: pilgrim
| Singular | pilgrim |
| Plural | pilgrims |
Sample Sentences
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strangers and pilgrims on the earth [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 11:13:]
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"I wouldn't unfork that horse yet, pilgrim. I want a good look at ya first." [2014, W.R. Benton, War Drums:]
Nouns inflected like pilgrim
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Inherited from Middle English pilegrim, from Old English pilegrī̆m, from Old French pelegrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner”). Doublet of peregrine.
2. The change of /r…r/ to /l…r/ is an effect of dissimilation in early Romance; compare Italian pellegrino. See: Middle English Nouns '
pilegrim', Middle English Nouns '
pilegrim', Latin Nouns '
peregrīnus', Italian Nouns '
pellegrino'.