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peregrine
/ˈpɛɹəˌɡɹin/
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What does peregrine mean?
adjective
- Wandering, travelling, migratory.
- Not native to a region or country; foreign; alien.
- Lacking essential debility.
More meanings (5)
adjective
- Extrinsic or from without; exotic.
- With "tone" Referring to the tonus peregrinus or 'wandering tone' in ecclesiastical chant and mode theory.
noun
- The peregrine falcon.
- (dated) A foreigner; a person resident in a country other than his or her own.
proper noun
- A male given name from Latin; and of mostly British usage.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpɛɹəˌɡɹin/
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The history of her intrigues, communicated by herself, had just been published in Smollett's Adventures of Peregrine Pickle.
We seem, to me, to have been months over Peregrine, and months more over the other stories.
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On the Peregrine Falcon, Mr. Blyth, in Charlesworth’s ‘Mag.
We had the opportunity of observing the sagacity of a peregrine falcon, which, immediately upon being unmasked, rose straight in the air, instead of following the heron on its direct course.
To meet the danger, he merely added to his speed; and the Peregrine stooped; stooped at what?--a flashing of color, a twinkling of whiteness--and went back empty.