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CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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peregrine

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

per=e=grine

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun peregrine has 1 sense

peregrine(n = noun.animal) falco peregrinus, peregrine falcon - a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry;

is a kind of falcon

is a member of falco, genus falco

has particulars: falcon-gentil, falcon-gentle

Derived form adjective peregrine₁

Adjective peregrine has 1 sense

peregrine(s = adj.all) mobile, nomadic, roving, wandering - migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes"

Derived form noun peregrine₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

peregrine, a. [L. peregrinus. See Pilgrim.].

Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic. Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Peregrine falcon (Zoöl.), a courageous and swift falcon (Falco peregrinus), remarkable for its wide distribution over all the continents. The adult plumage is dark bluish ash on the back, nearly black on the head and cheeks, white beneath, barred with black below the throat. Called also peregrine hawk, duck hawk, game hawk, and great-footed hawk.

peregrine, n.

The peregrine falcon. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

peregrine, n. & adj.
--n. (in full peregrine falcon) a kind of falcon much used for hawking.
--adj. archaic imported from abroad; foreign; outlandish.

Etymology

L peregrinus f. peregre abroad f. per through + ager field

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THESAURUS

peregrine

Ahasuerus, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Flying Dutchman, Goliard, Odysseus, Oisin, Ossian, Ulysses, ambulant, ambulative, ambulatory, bird of passage, circuit-riding, drifter, expeditionary, floater, gad, gadabout, globe-girdling, globe-trotting, go-about, going, itinerant, itinerary, journeying, locomotive, mover, moving, mundivagant, on tour, passing, pedestrian, perambulating, perambulatory, peregrinative, peregrinator, peripatetic, pilgrimlike, progressing, rambler, roamer, rolling stone, rover, runabout, straggler, stroller, strolling, strolling player, touring, touristic, touristy, traveling, trekking, troubadour, visitant, walking, wanderer, wandering minstrel, wandering scholar, wayfaring