peregrine
- foreign; alien; coming from abroad.
- wandering, traveling, or migrating.
Origin of peregrine
Related Words for peregrine
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Contemporary Examples of peregrine
Hero Peregrine – Actress Cree Summer gave this name to her daughter, who joined sister Brave Littlewing.
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About a year ago, Peregrine Financial CEO Russell Wasendorf Sr. was found attempting to kill himself in his car.
Historical Examples of peregrine
Thereafter, Peregrine, to the girls, was always Peregrine-Sarah.
HighacresJane Abbott
The Peregrine is as sound as a bell, they say—ah, she is a good ship!
The Light of ScartheyEgerton Castle
It was as large as the Peregrine itself—certainly as large as the cutter.
The Light of ScartheyEgerton Castle
Then glancing aloft, he understood how it was that the Peregrine had been recognised.
The Light of ScartheyEgerton Castle
Sir Peregrine had been farming all his life, and had his own ideas on the subject.
Orley FarmAnthony Trollope
peregrine
- coming from abroad
- travelling or migratory; wandering
Word Origin for peregrine
Word Origin and History for peregrine
also peregrin, type of falcon, 1550s, short for peregrine falcon (late 14c.), from Old French faulcon pelerin (mid-13c.), from Medieval Latin falco peregrinus, from Latin peregrinus "coming from foreign parts" (see peregrination). Sense may have been a bird "caught in transit," as opposed to one taken from the nest. Peregrine as an adjective in English meaning "not native, foreign" is attested from 1520s.