English

Proper noun

Peregrine

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.

English

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.

Related terms

• peregrinate
• peregrination

Latin

Noun

peregrīne

1. vocative singular of peregrīnus

Portuguese

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

Spanish

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.