Definition of "peregrine" in English

adjective

1. Wandering, travelling, migratory.

   • The Romani are perpetually peregrine people.

2. Not native to a region or country; foreign; alien.

3. (astrology, of a planet) 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.

noun

1. The peregrine falcon.

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