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peregrine (iou)



peregrine adjective & noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French peregrin from Latin peregrinus foreign, travelling, from pereger that is abroad or on a journey, peregre (adverb) abroad, formed as PER-1 + ager field: see -INE1. Cf. PILGRIM.]
A. adjective.
peregrine falcon, falcon peregrine [translating medieval Latin falco peregrinus pilgrim falcon, so called because the bird was caught full-grown as a passage-hawk, not taken from the nest], a falcon, Falco peregrinus, of cosmopolitan distribution and much valued for hawking on account of its fast and accurate flying. LME.
Foreign; outlandish, strange; imported from abroad. Formerly also, extraneous to the matter in hand. E16.
Astrology. Of a planet: situated in a part of the zodiac where it has none of its essential dignities. L16.
Travelling; wandering. Formerly also, on a pilgrimage. M17.
G. M. Brown A single stroke took him..on the forehead; and, a peregrine spirit, he shook this world from him.
Special collocations: peregrine falcon: see sense 1 above. peregrine praetor Roman History a second praetor appointed at Rome to administer justice between Roman and non-Roman citizens and between non-Roman citizens themselves. peregrine tone one of the tones used in plainsong, in which the reciting note changes halfway through.
b. noun.
A person who lives or travels in a foreign land; an immigrant; a pilgrim. Long rare. M16.
b. Roman History. A resident in ancient Rome who was not a Roman citizen. L19.
A peregrine falcon. L16.
pere'grinity noun (a) the condition of being a foreigner or alien; (b) foreignness, strangeness: L16.