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

Other words from peregrine

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

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How to use peregrine in a sentence

More than 6,000 captive-bred peregrine falcons were reintroduced between 1974 and 1997 in 34 states.
The peregrine falcon mostly disappeared. A lone chick took flight at Harpers Ferry for the first time in 70 years. | Dana Hedgpeth | July 2, 2021 | Washington Post
Maryland and Virginia now have over 50 pairs of “successfully breeding” peregrine falcons, according to wildlife experts.
The peregrine falcon mostly disappeared. A lone chick took flight at Harpers Ferry for the first time in 70 years. | Dana Hedgpeth | July 2, 2021 | Washington Post
For the first time in almost 70 years, a peregrine falcon chick has hatched and is learning to fly at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, part of a national comeback story for a species that had largely disappeared in the wild.
The peregrine falcon mostly disappeared. A lone chick took flight at Harpers Ferry for the first time in 70 years. | Dana Hedgpeth | July 2, 2021 | Washington Post
The research came out of a multiyear process of tagging and tracking individual peregrines, which make the month-long trips solo.
A peregrine falcon’s power to migrate may lie in its DNA | Philip Kiefer | March 4, 2021 | Popular-Science
Some of those populations breed high in the Arctic tundra, and individual peregrines fly for thousands of miles and across multiple continents to nest on cliff banks along Arctic rivers.
A peregrine falcon’s power to migrate may lie in its DNA | Philip Kiefer | March 4, 2021 | Popular-Science

Hero peregrine – Actress Cree Summer gave this name to her daughter, who joined sister Brave Littlewing.
Kate Winslet’s Bear Rocknroll & Other Crazy Celebrity Baby Names of 2013 | Pamela Redmond Satran/Nameberry | December 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
About a year ago, peregrine Financial CEO Russell Wasendorf Sr. was found attempting to kill himself in his car.
Swisscom Head Schloter Dies in Rare CEO Suicide | Filipa Ioannou | July 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The boy was sent to a private school of a high character, and Sir peregrine was sure that he had been so sent at his own advice.
Orley Farm | Anthony Trollope
And with these views he returned home—while peregrine Orme at Oxford was still addicted to the hunting of rats.
Orley Farm | Anthony Trollope
Sir peregrine himself at this time was an old man, having passed his seventieth year.
Orley Farm | Anthony Trollope
Young timber also throve well about the place, and in this respect Sir peregrine was a careful landlord.
Orley Farm | Anthony Trollope
After that such a man or woman might as well spare all speech as regards the hope of any effect on the mind of Sir peregrine Orme.
Orley Farm | Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for peregrine

peregrine

/ (ˈpɛrɪɡrɪn) /

adjectivearchaic

coming from abroad
travelling or migratory; wandering

Origin of 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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