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Peregrine

/ˈpeɹɪɡɹɪn/

The peregrine falcon.

📖 Definitions of "Peregrine"

noun
  1. 1

    The peregrine falcon.

  2. 2

    A foreigner; a person resident in a country other than their own.

adjective
  1. 1

    Wandering, travelling, migratory.

    "The Romani are perpetually peregrine people."

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    (of a planet) Lacking essential dignity or debility.

  4. 4

    Extrinsic or from without; exotic.

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