peregrine

Definition

Wandering, travelling, migratory.

Etymology

From Middle English peregrin, borrowed from Old French peregrin, from Latin peregrīnus (“foreign”). Doublet of pilgrim.

Example Sentences

• "The Romani are perpetually peregrine people."
• "peregrine and preternatural heat"
• "As soon as she had smiled her face altered again, and the petulant expression peregrine to her features took control."