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pilgrim

pil.grim \'pil-gr*m\ n [ME, fr. OF peligrin, fr. LL pelegrinus, alter. of L 
   peregrinus)X foreigner, fr. peregrinus foreign, fr. pereger being abroad, 
   fr. per through + agr-, ager land - more at FOR, ACRE 1: one who journeys 
   in alien lands : WAYFARER  2: one who travels to a shrine or holy place as 
   a devotee  cap  3: one of the English colonists founding the first 
   permanent settlement in  New England at Plymouth in 1620