PILGRIM FATHER Synonyms

• the founder of a family

• person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group

• inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse

• a person who founds or establishes some institution

• a worker who makes metal castings

• fail utterly; collapse

• sink below the surface

• break down, literally or metaphorically

• stumble and nearly fall

• a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there

• someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

• one of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory

• open up an area or prepare a way

• take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

• open up and explore a new area

• a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country

• a negotiator who settles disputes

• a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings

• someone who journeys in foreign lands

• one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620

• someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion