Meaning of peregrine in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈpɛrəɡrən/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    peregrine

    Definitions

    1. (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently

    Examples

    • « a restless mobile society »
    • « the nomadic habits of the Bedouins »
    • « believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future »
    • « wandering tribes »

    Synonyms

  2. Noun

    peregrine

    Etymology

    late Middle English: from Latin peregrinus‘foreign’, from peregre‘abroad’, from per-‘through’ + ager‘field’. The falcon's name is a translation of the modern Latin taxonomic name, literally ‘pilgrim falcon’, because falconers' birds were caught fully grown on migration, not taken from the nest

    Definitions

    1. a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry

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