peregrine

[ per-i-grin, -green, -grahyn ]

/ ˈpɛr ɪ grɪn, -ˌgrin, -ˌgraɪn /

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adjective

foreign; alien; coming from abroad.

wandering, traveling, or migrating.

noun

peregrine falcon.

Nearby words

perdurable, perdure, perea, peregrinate, peregrination, peregrine, peregrine falcon, pereion, pereiopod, pereira, pereira bark

Origin of peregrine

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin peregrīnus foreign, derivative of peregrē abroad, literally, through (i.e., beyond the borders of) the field, equivalent to per- per- + -egr-, combining form of ager field + -ē adv. suffix; see -ine¹

Related forms

per·e·grin·i·ty

[per-i-grin-i-tee] /ˌpɛr ɪˈgrɪn ɪ ti/, noun

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Nothing that she could say would induce Lucius to make himself acceptable to Sir Peregrine.
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With persons of wider knowledge, Sir Peregrine was invested with further associations.
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As I have mentioned the fictitious physician in “Peregrine Pickle,” let the same page show the real one.
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Peregrine had nothing more to say about it, and the baronet was thinking how best he might encourage his grandson.
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"Water-drinker, moody thinker," and Peregrine sang a word or two from an old drinking-song.
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British Dictionary definitions for peregrine

peregrine

/ (ˈpɛrɪɡrɪn) /

adjective archaic

coming from abroad

travelling or migratory; wandering

Word Origin for peregrine

C14: from Latin peregrīnus foreign, from pereger being abroad, from per through + ager land (that is, beyond one's own land)

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