Meaning of Peregrine | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male given name from Latin; and of mostly British usage.
2. The peregrine falcon.
3. A foreigner; a person resident in a country other than his or her own.
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Examples

“Pringle didn't say⟳ anything about Roger always being called Hodge. He sensed that Mr. Liddon wouldn't call⟳ him Hodge any more than he would call⟳ him Pringle. He was right. / "Parents well, are they, Peregrine?" - - - / Hodge capered about, his thumbs in his ears and his hand flapping. "Tweet, tweet, mad bird. His master chains him up like⟳ a dog. Tweet, tweet, birdie!" / "I'd rather be a hunting falcon than Roger the lodger the sod," said Pringle.”

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