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peregrine

/ˈpɛɹəɡɹin//ˈpɛɹəɡɹɪn/

adjective

What it means

  1. Wandering, travelling, migratory.

    The Romani are perpetually peregrine people.

  2. Not native to a region or country; foreign; alien.
  3. astrologyLacking essential debility.

In a sentence

The Romani are perpetually peregrine people.

Where it comes from

  1. Latinperegrīnus“foreign”
  2. Old Frenchperegrin
  3. Middle Englishperegrin
  4. Englishperegrine

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

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