ˈpilgrimess rare.
A female pilgrim.
| 1611 Cotgr., Pelerine, a pilgrimesse; a woman that goes on Pilgrimage. 1696 (title) The Light of the World: A most True Relation of a Pilgrimess, M. Antonia Bourignon, Travelling towards Eternity. 1841 Fraser's Mag. XXIII. 475 The young pilgrimesses..glided gently to the table. |