pilgrim

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pil·grim [pilgrim pilgrims pilgrimed pilgriming] BrE [ˈpɪlɡrɪm] NAmE [ˈpɪlɡrɪm] noun
1. a person who travels to a holy place for religious reasons
•Muslim pilgrims on their way to Mecca
•Christian pilgrims visiting Lourdes
2. Pilgrima member of the group of English people (the Pilgrim Fathers) who sailed to America on the ship The Mayflower in 1620 and started a ↑colony in Massachusetts

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Provençal pelegrin, from Latin peregrinus ‘foreign’, from peregre ‘abroad’, from per- ‘through’ + ager ‘field’.

Example Bank:
•Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims flock to Lourdes every year.
•Millions of pilgrims travel to Mecca.
•They were following one of the great medieval pilgrim routes.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  Pilgrim, Pilgrim Father