PEREGRINE


Meaning of PEREGRINE in English

— peregrinity /per'i grin"i tee/ , n.

/per"i grin, -green', -gruyn'/ , adj.

1. foreign; alien; coming from abroad.

2. wandering, traveling, or migrating.

n.

3. See peregrine falcon .

[ 1350-1400; ME peregrinus foreign, deriv. of peregre abroad, lit., through (i.e., beyond the borders of) the field, equiv. to per- PER- + -egr-, comb. form of ager field + -e adv. suffix; see -INE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .