peregrine

[ per-i-grin, -green, -grahyn ]
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adjective
  1. foreign; alien; coming from abroad.

  2. wandering, traveling, or migrating.

Origin of peregrine

1
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 + adv. suffix; see -ine1

Other words from peregrine

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

Words Nearby peregrine

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How to use peregrine in a sentence

  • Hero peregrine – Actress Cree Summer gave this name to her daughter, who joined sister Brave Littlewing.

  • About a year ago, peregrine Financial CEO Russell Wasendorf Sr. was found attempting to kill himself in his car.

  • 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
  1. coming from abroad

  2. travelling or migratory; wandering

Origin of peregrine

1
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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