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[PER-ah-grin, PER-ah-green'] 
adjective
1. not native to a region or country; foreign; alien: "The peregrine fog provided drivers with an unforeseen hazard."
2. wandering or traveling; roving; migratory
noun
3. a peregrine falcon
Origin:
Approximately 1530; from Middle English; borrowed from Middle French, 'peregrin' (feminine 'peregrine'), or from Latin, 'peregrinus': from foreign parts, pilgrim, from 'pereger': being abroad ('per-': through + 'ager': land, filed, which is related to the root 'agro-': field). In action:
"Cassius: ancient Roman family...Best known of all was Caius Cassius Longinus, d. 42 B.C., leader in the successful conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar. He fought as a quaestor under Marcus Licinius Crassus at Carrhae in 53 B.C. and saved what was left of the army after the battle. He supported Pompey against Caesar but was pardoned after the battle of Pharsalus. He was made (44 B.C.) peregrine praetor and Caesar promised to make him governor of Syria. Before the promise could be fulfilled, Cassius had become ringleader in the plot to kill Caesar. The plot involved more than 60 men (including Marcus Junius Brutus, Publius Servilius Casca, and Lucius Tillius Cimber) and was successfully accomplished in the senate on the Ides of March in 44 B.C. When the people were aroused by Antony against the conspirators, Cassius went to Syria."
"Cassius," The Columbia Encyclopedia (2001).
"God of the machine,
Peregrine machine,
Some still think is Satan,
Unto you the thanks
For this token flight,
Thanks to you and thanks
To the brothers Wright....
Robert Frost (1874�1963). U.S. poet. "Kitty Hawk."
"Wildlife will benefit from the latest massive cliff falls, according to Judd. 'The landslides have opened up vast new nesting sites for sea birds returning annually to formerly overcrowded ledges on the cliff face,' he said.
'Birds nesting on the cliffs include large colonies of kittiwake and increasing numbers of peregrine falcons, which were exterminated during World War II as they kept eating carrier pigeons released by secret agents from occupied France,' he explained."
Liz Spring. "Landslides Raise Fears for Britain's Cliffs of Dover," National Geographic News (June 14, 2001).
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