peregrine

Etymology

Via Old French [Term?] (whence French pérégrin), from Latin peregrinus (“foreign”), from peregre (“abroad”), from per- + ager (“field, farm”) (whence English agri- (“farming”)). Cognate with Italian pellegrino (“pilgrim”).

Doublet of pilgrim

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɹɪɡɹɪn/

Adjective

peregrine (comparative more peregrine, superlative most 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.
   • Francis Bacon

     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

peregrine (plural peregrines)

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

Related terms

• peregrinate
• peregrination

Noun

peregrīne

1. vocative singular of peregrīnus

Verb

peregrine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of peregrinar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of peregrinar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of peregrinar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of peregrinar

Verb

peregrine

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of peregrinar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of peregrinar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of peregrinar.