pilgrim

Meanings

Noun

• One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
• A newcomer.
• A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck.

Verb

• To journey; to wander; to ramble.

Origin

• From Middle English pilegrim, from Old French pelegrin, from Latin peregrīnus ("foreigner"). peregrine.
• The change of –r...r– to –l...r– is an effect of dissimilation in early Romance; compare Italian cognate pellegrino.