hajji

hajji
/haj"ee/, n., pl. hajjis.
1. a Muslim who has gone on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
2. a Christian from Greece, Armenia, or any country of the Near East, who has visited the Holy Sepulcher at Jerusalem.
Also, hadji, haji.
[1600-10; < Ar hajji, equiv. to hajj pilgrimage + -i suffix of appurtenance]

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