1. [n]  a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
2. [adj]  (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes"

Peregrine
Driven by fear that King Stephen will force her to marry the odious Sir Runcival, fifteen-year-old Lady Edith takes leave of Cheswick Manor. In the year 1144 she and her faithful nurse, Dame Joan, set forth on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. In going, Edith hopes to close the door on her secret sorrows. Almost at once the pilgrims are waylaid in the King`s Forest by Rhiannon, a wild girl who will play a vital role in Edith`s life. As they travel from the abbeys and manors of England into unfamiliar lands, Edith finds herself learning and growing in unexpected ways. And though shrines and relics are not what she`d sought, the Holy City of Jerusalem has something wondrous and important to reveal to her.

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1. \Per"e*grine\, a. [L. peregrinus. See {Pilgrim}.]
   Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic.
   [Spelt also {pelegrine}.] ``Peregrine and preternatural
   heat.'' --Bacon.
   {Peregrine falcon} (Zo["o]l.), a courageous and swift falcon
      ({Falco peregrinus}), remarkable for its wide distribution
      over all the continents. The adult plumage is dark bluish
      ash on the back, nearly black on the head and cheeks,
      white beneath, barred with black below the throat. Called
      also {peregrine hawk}, {duck hawk}, {game hawk}, and
      {great-footed hawk}.
   

2. \Per"e*grine\, n.
   The peregrine falcon.