Meaning

5 senses
  1. Wandering, travelling, migratory.

    The Romani are perpetually peregrine people.

    migratory

  2. Not native to a region or country; foreign; alien.

  3. Lacking essential debility.

  4. Extrinsic or from without; exotic.

  5. With "tone" Referring to the tonus peregrinus or 'wandering tone' in ecclesiastical chant and mode theory.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. The peregrine falcon is the fastest animal.

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  2. The peregrine falcon is a very fast bird.

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  3. This is a precise and poetic paean to the peregrine.

    ruЭто точное и поэтичное воспевание сокола-сапсана.

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  4. Three peregrine falcon chicks, high up in this tower, have become social media darlings.

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  5. Peregrine falcons are birds of prey.

    ruСапсаны - хищные птицы.

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Origin

From Middle English peregrin, borrowed from Old French peregrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“f

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

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Forms

more peregrine, most peregrine
Comparativemore peregrine Lesson
Superlativemost peregrine Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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