Pilgrim



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解释

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• n. 朝圣客, 香客
• ［英］ n. 朝圣客, 香客 ( one who travels to a shrine as a devotee)
• ［类］ shrine : pilgrim / peak : climber ( 朝圣者去圣地 / 攀登者去顶峰)
• ［例］ Many pilgrims travel to a holy city.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French pelerin, pilegrin, from Late Latin pelegrinus, alteration of Latin peregrinus foreigner, from peregrinus, adjective, foreign, from peregri abroad, from per through + agr-, ager land — more at for, acre
• Date: 13th century
• 1. one who journeys in foreign lands ; wayfarer
• 2. one who travels to a shrine or holy place as a devotee
• 3. capitalized one of the English colonists settling at Plymouth in 1620

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