- peregrine
- 1. adjective
The gypsies are perpetually peregrine people.
2. nounThe peregrine falcon.See Also: peregrinate, peregrination
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Peregrine — can refer to several things. Its primary use is the name of bird of prey, the Peregrine Falcon. Peregrine (from the Latin peregrinus) is a given (first or Christian) name which means wanderer . Uses of Peregrine and its forms include:Natural… … Wikipedia
Peregrine — ist der Vorname folgender Personen: Edward Peregrine Gueritz (1855–1938), britischer Kolonialgouverneur in Nord Borneo Peregrine Osborne, 2. Duke of Leeds (1659–1729), britischer Aristokrat (Peer) Peregrine Hyde Osborne, 3. Duke of Leeds… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Peregrine — Per e*grine, a. [L. peregrinus. See {Pilgrim}.] Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic. [Spelt also {pelegrine}.] Peregrine and preternatural heat. Bacon. [1913 Webster] {Peregrine falcon} (Zo[ o]l.), a courageous and swift falcon … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
peregrine — UK [ˈperəɡrɪn] / US [ˈperəˌɡrɪn] or peregrine falcon UK / US noun [countable] Word forms peregrine : singular peregrine plural peregrines a large bird that hunts and kills small birds and animals … English dictionary
Peregrine — Per e*grine, n. The peregrine falcon. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
peregrine — type of falcon, 1550s, short for peregrine falcon (late 14c.), from O.Fr. faulcon pelerin (mid 13c.), from M.L. falco peregrinus (see PEREGRINATION (Cf. peregrination)). Sense may have been a bird caught in transit, as opposed to one taken from… … Etymology dictionary
peregrine — [per′ə grin, per′əgrīn΄, per′əgrēn΄] adj. [L peregrinus: see PILGRIM] traveling or migratory n. PEREGRINE FALCON … English World dictionary
Peregrine — Peregrine: Сапсан (лат. Falco peregrinus) хищная птица из семейства соколиных, Кодовое название браузера Opera 10 … Википедия
peregrine — index foreign Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Peregrine — m English: from Latin Peregrīnus ‘foreigner, stranger’, a name borne by various early Christian saints, perhaps referring to the belief that men and women are merely sojourners upon the earth, their true home being in heaven. In modern times the… … First names dictionary
peregrine — ► NOUN ▪ a powerful falcon with a bluish grey back and wings and pale underparts, that breeds chiefly on mountains and coastal cliffs. ORIGIN Latin, pilgrim falcon , because falconers birds were caught full grown on migration, not taken from the… … English terms dictionary
