All 4 Uses of
pilgrim
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- An old pilgrim's hoard, dead treasure, hollow shells.†
Chpt 2 *
- Do you think the writer of Antony and Cleopatra, a passionate pilgrim, had his eyes in the back of his head that he chose the ugliest doxy in all Warwickshire to lie withal?†
Chpt 9
- Across his loins is slung a pilgrim's wallet from which protrude promissory notes and dishonoured bills.†
Chpt 15
- He gives the pilgrim warrior's sign of the knights templars.†
Chpt 15
Definitions:
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(1)
(pilgrim with a lowercase "p") someone who journeys to a special place -- typically a difficult journey to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
As a proper noun (capitalized), Pilgrim refers specifically to those who founded Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620.