| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | per·e·grine |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p r  -gr n, -gr n |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Foreign; alien. 2. Roving or wandering; migratory. | | NOUN: | A peregrine falcon. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin peregr nus, wandering, pilgrim, from Latin, foreigner, from pereger, being abroad : per-, through; see per– + ager, land; see agro- in Appendix I.
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