All 3 Uses of
pilgrim
in
The Mill on the Floss
- But I've got 'AEsop's Fables,' and a book about Kangaroos and things, and the 'Pilgrim's Progress.'†
Chpt 1.3 *
- Our dear old Pilgrim's Progress that you colored with your little paints; and that picture of Pilgrim with a mantle on, looking just like a turtle—oh dear!†
Chpt 3.6
- Our dear old Pilgrim's Progress that you colored with your little paints; and that picture of Pilgrim with a mantle on, looking just like a turtle—oh dear!†
Chpt 3.6
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.