peregrine Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
Falco peregrinus; peregrine falcon.
adjective satellite migratory
mobile; wandering; nomadic; roving.
- a restless mobile society
- the nomadic habits of the Bedouins
- believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future
- wandering tribes

L. peregrinus. See Pilgrim.

Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic. Spelt also pelegrine. "Peregrine and preternatural heat." Bacon.