Peregrine

Origin

Via Old French (Modern French pérégrin), from Latin peregrinus ("foreign"), from peregre ("abroad"), from per- + agri ("field, farm") (from which English agri- ("farming")).

Cognate to English pilgrim and Italian pellegrino ("pilgrim").

Full definition of peregrine

Adjective

1. Wandering, travelling, migratory.The gypsies are perpetually peregrine people.
2. Not native to a region or country; foreign; alien.
3. Extrinsic or from without; exotic.
• Francis Baconperegrine and preternatural heat

Noun

1. The peregrine falcon.

Related terms

• peregrinate
• peregrination