PEREGRINE
Dictionary entry overview: What does peregrine mean?
• PEREGRINE (noun)
The noun PEREGRINE has 1 sense:
1. a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
Familiarity information: PEREGRINE used as a noun is very rare.
• PEREGRINE (adjective)
The adjective PEREGRINE has 1 sense:
1. (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently
Familiarity information: PEREGRINE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PEREGRINE (noun)
Meaning:
A widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Falco peregrinus; peregrine; peregrine falcon
Hypernyms ("peregrine" is a kind of...):
falcon (diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peregrine"):
falcon-gentil; falcon-gentle (female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon)
Holonyms ("peregrine" is a member of...):
Falco; genus Falco (a genus of Falconidae)
• PEREGRINE (adjective)
Meaning:
(of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently
Synonyms:
nomadic; peregrine; roving; wandering; mobile
Context examples:
a restless mobile society / the nomadic habits of the Bedouins / believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future / wandering tribes
Similar:
unsettled (not settled or established)
