FROM THE ARCHIVEMonday, October 19, 2026
peregrine
PER-uh-grin/ˈpɛɹəɡɹɪn//adjective
01 / MEANING
Wandering or traveling from place to place; also, foreign to a region.
As an adjective, less common than the bird name ‘peregrine falcon.’
In a sentence.
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The peregrine musician carried her violin from town to town.
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His peregrine habits made every train station feel familiar.
Where it came from.
Peregrine came through Middle English and Old French from Latin peregrīnus, ‘foreign.’ It is a distant relative of pilgrim.
Explore the sourceWhy it’s interesting.
The traveling sense also lives in the name of the peregrine falcon, a bird found across much of the world.