Home › Words › P › pelerinpelerinpelerin means A pilgrim.EtymologyFrom Middle English pelerin, from Old French pelerin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreigner, traveler”). Doublet of pilgrim.nounA pilgrim.e.g.“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.” — 1614, William Mure, Dido and Æneas:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).