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peregrine.

Wandering, travelling, migratory.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈpɛɹəɡɹin//ˈpɛɹəɡɹɪn/
  1. Wandering, travelling, migratory.

    The Romani are perpetually peregrine people.
  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.

Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈpɛɹəɡɹin//ˈpɛɹəɡɹɪn/
  1. The peregrine falcon.

  2. A foreigner; a person resident in a country other than his or her own.

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Where this word comes from

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

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