peregrine

Meaning

Adj

1. Wandering, travelling, 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.

Noun

1. The peregrine falcon.
2. (dated) A foreigner; a person resident in a country other than his or her own.

Synonyms

peregrine falcon

duck hawk

duck hawk

mobile

roving

nomadic

wandering

Falco peregrinus

circuitous

vagabond

vagrant

evasive

circumlocutious

falcon

roundabout

mealymouthed

Translations

Falco peregrinus

Wanderfalke

slechtvalk

falcó pelegrí

yabancı

شاهين

faucon pèlerin

falco pellegrino

pellegrino

falcão peregrino

halcón peregrino

ecnebi

gökdoğan

doğan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɛɹəɡɹin/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: peregrin

In summary

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