From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpilgrimpil‧grim /ˈpɪlɡrɪm/ noun [countable] RRa religious person who travels a long way to a holy place pilgrims visiting a holy shrine
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pilgrim• All over Ireland, posters advertise pilgrim coach tours to Knock, a town famous for apparitions of the Virgin Mary.• Me thinks another pilgrim is trying to make a buck.• Thousands of Christian pilgrims converged on Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas Eve.• The last pilgrims had gone home, and the small kiosks and stalls were closing.• More than a million pilgrims come to Koya-san each year.• Jim believed it would survive best as a band of pilgrims.• The nomads came early and the pilgrims came late.Origin pilgrim (1100-1200) Old French peligrin, from Latin peregrinus “foreigner” 