English
peregrine
see also: Peregrine
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈpeɹɪɡɹɪn/
Adjective

peregrine

  1. Wandering, travelling, migratory.
    The gypsies are perpetually peregrine people.
  2. Not native to a region or country; foreign; alien.
  3. (astrology, of a planet) Lacking essential dignity or debility.
  4. Extrinsic or from without; exotic.
    • 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, Or, A Naturall Historie: In Ten Centuries
      peregrine and preternatural heat
Noun

peregrine (plural peregrines)

  1. The peregrine falcon.
  2. (dated) A foreigner; a person resident in a country other than their own.
Synonyms Related terms
Peregrine
Proper noun
  1. (rather rare) A male given name; and of mostly British usage.
    • 1985 Ruth Rendell: The New Girlfriend: The Fen Hall: page 124, 127:
      Pringle didn't say anything about Roger always being called Hodge. He sensed that Mr. Liddon wouldn't call him Hodge any more than he would call him Pringle. He was right. / "Parents well, are they, Peregrine?" - - - / Hodge capered about, his thumbs in his ears and his hand flapping. "Tweet, tweet, mad bird. His master chains him up like a dog. Tweet, tweet, birdie!" / "I'd rather be a hunting falcon than Roger the lodger the sod," said Pringle.


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