peregrine adj : (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes" [syn: mobile, nomadic, roving, wandering] n : a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry [syn: peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus]

English

Adjective

peregrine

1. Wandering, travelling, migratory.

   The gypsies are perpetually peregrine people.

Noun

peregrine (plural peregrines)

1. The peregrine falcon.

Peregrine can refer to several things. Its primary use is the name of bird of prey, the Peregrine Falcon. "Peregrine" (from the Latin peregrinus) is a given (first or Christian) name which means "wanderer". Uses of Peregrine and its forms include:

Natural world

• Peregrine Falcon, a type of bird of prey
• "Peregrine" is an astrology term for a planet with no essential dignity

People

With Peregrine, Peregrin, Peregrino or Peregrinus as first name:

• Peregrine (martyr) (died 182 AD), Roman Catholic saint, Martyr in Rome
• Peregrine of Auxerre (died c. 304 AD), Roman Catholic saint, first bishop of Auxerre
• Peregrino I (514) and Peregrino II (649), Archbishops of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Messina
• Peregrino Anselmo (1902 – 1975), Uruguayan football player
• Peregrine Armstrong-Jones (born 1960), international party and events organiser
• Peregrine Bland (c. 1596 – 1647), member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
• Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire (born 1944)
• Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1555 – 1601)
• Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (1686 – 1742)
• Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (1714 – 1778)
• Peregrine Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow (1899 – 1978)
• Peregrine Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans (born 1941)
• Peregrine Alexander Nelson Hood (born 1974), British aristocrat
• Peregrine Laziosi (1265 – 1345), Roman Catholic saint
• Peregrine Maitland (1777 – 1854), British soldier and colonial administrator
• Peregrine Maitland Grover (1818 – 1885), member of Canadian House of Commons
• Peregrin Obdržálek (1825 – 1891), Czech Catholic priest
• Peregrine O'Duignan (fl. 1627 – 1636), Irish clergyman and historian
• Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds (1659 – 1729)
• Peregrine Osborne, 3rd Duke of Leeds (1691 – 1731)
• Peregrine Pelham (died 1950), English Member of Parliament
• Peregrinus Proteus (100 – 165 AD), Cynic suicidal philosopher
• Peregrine White (1620 – 1704), first English child to be born in the New World
• Peregrine Willoughby-Brown (born 1985), heir to the Barony Willoughby de Eresby
• Peregrine Worsthorne (born 1923), English journalist

As middle name:

• Charles Peregrine Courtenay, Lord Courtenay (born 1975)
• Steve Peregrin Took (1949 – 1980), English musician
• Guy Richard Peregrine Whatley (born 1975), American organist and harpsichordist
• Sebastian Peregrin Zwyer (1597 – 1661), Swiss military commander and politician

As surname:

• Petrus Peregrinus = Peter of Maricourt, 13th-century French writer on magnetism and astrolabes.

Fiction

• Peregrin Took, a hobbit from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
• Peregrine (Wild Cards), a superhero from the Wild Cards book series
• Peregrine (comics), a superhero from Marvel Comics
• Peregrine Pickle, protagonist of The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle novel by Tobias Smollett
• The Peregrin, a science fiction short story by Poul Anderson from The Psychotechnic League series
• Peregrines, a short story by Suzy McKee Charnas
• James Peregrine Lester, a character in ITV science fiction TV series Primeval
• King Peregrin, a character in the MediEvil series of video games
• Sir Walter Peregrine, a character from The Example stage comedy by James Shirley
• Peregrine Family, characters from The Taming and The Conquest novels by Jude Deveraux
• Peregrine Hazard, a flighty character from Angela Carter's book Wise Children
• The Peregrine, a 1967 work of nature writing by J.A. (John Alec) Baker
• Peregrine's Tale (AKA The Turtle Boy: Peregrine's Tale), a sequel/prequel to Kealan Patrick Burke's award winning Turtle Boy series

Music

• Peregrine (band), an Australian rock/pop band
• "Peregrine", a song by Donovan Leitch on his 1968 album The Hurdy Gurdy Man
• Peregrine (album), a 2006 album by The Appleseed Cast
• "Hoods on Peregrine", a song by the band Thrice on the 2003 album The Artist in the Ambulance

Engineering

• Rolls-Royce Peregrine, a liquid-cooled aircraft piston engine designed by Rolls Royce
• USS Peregrine (AM-373), a U.S. Navy minesweeper

Commercial

• Peregrine Investments Holdings, a former investments company based in Hong Kong
• Peregrine Systems, an American software company (acquired by Hewlett Packard)

Other

• Peregrinus (Roman), a inhabitant of the Roman empire who is not a citizen
• Operation PEREGRINE, a domestic Canadian military operation in 2003
• Operation Peregrine II, U.S. operation during 2007 Iraq war
• St Peregrines, a Gaelic football club in Dublin
• El Peregrino, settlement in General Pinto Partido department of Argentine

See also

• Pellegrino (Italian variant)

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