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pilgrim

noun

Definition of pilgrim

as in traveler

a person who travels to foreign lands A wandering pilgrim, he made his way across Europe before eventually settling in Madrid.

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Recent Examples of pilgrim The Virgin acts as both midwife and priest, sheltering the pregnant pilgrim from the storm and washing away her sins so that she, too, can be delivered. — Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026 The reporters would ask questions about the latest intrigue, while the pilgrims would ask for prayers and blessings. — Scott Detrow, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026 The pilgrims were going to a prayer site in Nakuru County, west of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, said Martin Kivuva, archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 The site near the Spanish border draws millions of pilgrims each year, especially sick and disabled believers hoping for a cure from the famed spring water in the Lourdes grotto where the visions purportedly occurred. — Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pilgrim

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Torrey attributes his great interest in collecting to his grandparents who were serious travelers.

— Gay Gassmann, Architectural Digest, 19 Oct. 2026
During the repairs, travelers going to and from Clarksburg will be directed through West Sacramento to the north or via Highway 160 and the Paintersville Bridge to the south.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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In October 2025, the government launched AutoGov through its TAMM app—a unified digital platform that centralizes over 1,000 smart government services for citizens, residents, businesses, and visitors in Abu Dhabi.

— Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
At roughly $10 per share, Six Flags stock is now worth less than in 2020, when the pandemic caused visitor traffic to grind to a virtual halt for most of the year.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

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Ryder’s Law was reintroduced this year after another carriage horse collapsed and died in Central Park, and in a separate incident, tourist Romanch Mahajan, 18, died after falling off a carriage after the operator lost control.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
While Harding, the other tourist on the Titan, was a keen adventurer, the Dawoods preferred plusher vacations that taught them something.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

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