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Word entry · 9 letters

peregrine

Best crossword clue

"Fast falcon"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɛɹəɡɹin/Part of speech noun, adjectiveSorted eeeginprrStarts with PEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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