V.V.(4): Notes, Comments, and Queries IV

[David Morris]

>From: Dedalus
>
>66.25 --- "peregrine": one who comes from foreign regions; foreign.
>

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Main Entry: 1per.e.grine
Pronunciation: 'per-&-gr&n, -"grEn
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin peregrinus, from Latin, 
foreign -- more at PILGRIM
Date: 14th century
: having a tendency to wander

Main Entry: 2peregrine
Function: noun
Date: 1555
: a swift nearly cosmopolitan falcon (Falco peregrinus) that is much used in 
falconry -- called also peregrine falcon

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