peregrine English · revision 1494

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1386}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈpɛɹəɡɹin/, /ˈpɛɹəɡɹɪn/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ As the name of the falcon it is short for [[peregrine falcon]],^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) [[inh|enm|faucon peregryn]],^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995) from [[fro|faucon pelerin]] and [[la-med|falcō peregrīnus]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[la|peregrīnus|t=foreign, coming from abroad]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966) from [[m|la|peregrē|t=abroad]], from [[m|la|per|t=through, beyond]] and [[m|la|ager|t=field, territory]],^(AHD)^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966)^(Collins 2023) from [[ine-pro|*agro-|t=field]].^(Etymonline)^(AHD) It is a doublet of [[pilgrim]].^(Klein 1966)^(Weekley 1921)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''peregrine falcon'' (c. 1386 in the OED; about 1395 in Barnhart; late 14th century in Etymonline).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The falcon was so called because young birds were caught on their passage from the breeding place, rather than taken from the nest.^(Hoad 1986)^(Weekley 1921) The adjective, “foreign, from abroad”, was borrowed separately in the 16th century (c. 1530),^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995) and later meant “travelling, on a pilgrimage” (1655) and “having a tendency to wander” (1599 in Merriam-Webster).^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate) In astrology a planet was ''peregrine'' when it had none of its essential dignities (1588).^(OED 1989) The noun ''peregrine'' alone for the falcon dates from 1555.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1386 – ''peregrine falcon''.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1530 – adjective, foreign.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1555 – noun, the falcon.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1588 – in astrology.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1655 – travelling, on a pilgrimage.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[peregrine falcon]], a large, swift [[falcon]] much used in [[falconry]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(obsolete)'' A traveller or [[pilgrim]]; a foreigner resident in another country.^(MWU 2024)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # ''(archaic)'' Foreign; [[alien]].^(AHD)^(RHWU)^(Collins 2023)^(MWU 2024)

+ # Roving or wandering; [[migratory]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[peregrinate]]

+ * [[peregrination]]

+ * [[pilgrim]]

+ * [[falcon]]

+ * [[agrarian]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}