peregrine

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

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adjective

foreign; alien; coming from abroad.
wandering, traveling, or migrating.

noun

peregrine falcon.

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 formsper·e·grin·i·ty

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

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Related Words for peregrine

peripatetic, wandering, itinerant, alluring, glamorous, romantic, colorful, unusual, unfamiliar, peculiar, alien, strange, curious, weird, bizarre, fascinating, different, mobile, roaming, vagrant

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Historical Examples of peregrine

Thereafter, Peregrine, to the girls, was always Peregrine-Sarah.
Highacres
Jane Abbott
The Peregrine is as sound as a bell, they say—ah, she is a good ship!
The Light of Scarthey
Egerton Castle
It was as large as the Peregrine itself—certainly as large as the cutter.
The Light of Scarthey
Egerton Castle
Then glancing aloft, he understood how it was that the Peregrine had been recognised.
The Light of Scarthey
Egerton Castle
But, Sir Peregrine, it is impossible to know what documents he may have obtained since that.
Orley Farm
Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for peregrine

peregrine

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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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.