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Etymology

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From Middle English peregrin, borrowed from Old French peregrin, from Latin peregrīnus (foreign). Doublet of pilgrim.

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Adjective

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peregrine (comparative more peregrine, superlative most peregrine)

  1. Wandering, travelling, migratory.
    The Romani are perpetually peregrine people.
  2. Not native to a region or country; foreign; alien.
  3. (astrology, of a planet) Lacking essential debility.
  4. Extrinsic or from without; exotic.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. [], London: [] William Rawley []; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee [], →OCLC:
      peregrine and preternatural heat
    • 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan:
      As soon as she had smiled her face altered again, and the petulant expression peregrine to her features took control.

Noun

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peregrine (plural peregrines)

  1. The peregrine falcon.
  2. (dated) A foreigner; a person resident in a country other than his or her own.

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Galician

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Verb

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peregrine

  1. inflection of peregrinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pe.reˈɡri.ne/
  • Rhymes: -ine
  • Hyphenation: pe‧re‧grì‧ne

Adjective

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peregrine

  1. feminine plural of peregrina

Latin

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Noun

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peregrīne

  1. vocative singular of peregrīnus

Portuguese

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Verb

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peregrine

  1. inflection of peregrinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /peɾeˈɡɾine/ [pe.ɾeˈɣ̞ɾi.ne]
  • Rhymes: -ine
  • Syllabification: pe‧re‧gri‧ne

Verb

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peregrine

  1. inflection of peregrinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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