Peregrine
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peregrine¹
- /ˈpɛɹəɡɹin/
- /ˈpɛɹəɡɹɪn/
Where it comes from
From Middle English peregrin, borrowed from Old French peregrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreign”). Doublet of pilgrim.
adjective more peregrine · most peregrine
- Wandering, travelling, migratory. The Romani are perpetually peregrine people.
- Not native to a region or country; foreign; alien.
- Lacking essential debility.
- Extrinsic or from without; exotic. peregrine and preternatural heat
- With "tone" Referring to the tonus peregrinus or 'wandering tone' in ecclesiastical chant and mode theory.
noun peregrines
- The peregrine falcon.
- A foreigner; a person resident in a country other than his or her own.
Similar: outlander, strangeling
Peregrine²
Where it comes from
Saint's name from Latin Peregrinus, from peregrinus (“foreigner”).
proper noun
- A male given name from Latin; and of mostly British usage. 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,
