pelerin
English
Alternative forms
- pilleryn
Etymology
From Middle English pelerin, from Old French pelerin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”). Doublet of pilgrim.
Noun
pelerin (plural pelerins)
- (obsolete) A pilgrim.
- 1614, William Mure, Dido and Æneas:
- Can e're thy bountyes be by vs repayed? / All-vertuouse princes! Africk's gloriows starre! / We straying Pelerins will ne'r assay't, / Thy great deserts exceed owr pow'r so farre.
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Middle English
Alternative forms
- pelrin
Etymology
From Old French pelerin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”).
References
- “pelerin, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle French
Related terms
Old French
Alternative forms
- peligrin, pellegrin
- peregrin
Related terms
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (pelerin, supplement)
Romanian
Declension
Declension of pelerin
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) pelerin | pelerinul | (niște) pelerini | pelerinii |
genitive/dative | (unui) pelerin | pelerinului | (unor) pelerini | pelerinilor |
vocative | pelerinule | pelerinilor |
Turkish
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