Peregrine

Peregrine
This interesting and unusual name, with variant spellings Paragreen, Pelerin, Pi(e)grome, Piggrem, Peggram, P(e)agram, Pilgrim etc., derives from the Medieval English "pilegrim, ultimately from the Latin "peregrinus", traveller, a derivative of "peregre", aboard, from the Latin "per agros" literally "through the fields", from "ager", field. The name was originally bestowed as a nickname or one who had made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Rome, or perhaps the tomb of St. Thomas a Becket in Canterbury. The surname first appears on record in the latter part of the 12th Century. Other early recordings include: William Pegerim or Pegrum, (Dorset, 1200); Eustace Pelrim, (Cambridgeshire, 1221); Robert Peregrine, (Somerset, 1243), and Robert Pelgrim, (Cambridgeshire, 1260). Occasionally used as a personal name Pelerin was recorded in the 1206, "Pipe Rolls of Sussex", and a Peregrinus Bernard in the 1272, "Hundred Rolls of Northamptonshire". The surname may in some cases derive from this use. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Hugo Pilegrim, which was dated 1185, "The Knights Templars Records of Warwickshire", during the reign of King Henry 11, "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Peregrine — can refer to several things. Its primary use is the name of bird of prey, the Peregrine Falcon. Peregrine (from the Latin peregrinus) is a given (first or Christian) name which means wanderer . Uses of Peregrine and its forms include:Natural… …   Wikipedia

  • Peregrine — ist der Vorname folgender Personen: Edward Peregrine Gueritz (1855–1938), britischer Kolonialgouverneur in Nord Borneo Peregrine Osborne, 2. Duke of Leeds (1659–1729), britischer Aristokrat (Peer) Peregrine Hyde Osborne, 3. Duke of Leeds… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Peregrine — Per e*grine, a. [L. peregrinus. See {Pilgrim}.] Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic. [Spelt also {pelegrine}.] Peregrine and preternatural heat. Bacon. [1913 Webster] {Peregrine falcon} (Zo[ o]l.), a courageous and swift falcon …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • peregrine — UK [ˈperəɡrɪn] / US [ˈperəˌɡrɪn] or peregrine falcon UK / US noun [countable] Word forms peregrine : singular peregrine plural peregrines a large bird that hunts and kills small birds and animals …   English dictionary

  • Peregrine — Per e*grine, n. The peregrine falcon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • peregrine — type of falcon, 1550s, short for peregrine falcon (late 14c.), from O.Fr. faulcon pelerin (mid 13c.), from M.L. falco peregrinus (see PEREGRINATION (Cf. peregrination)). Sense may have been a bird caught in transit, as opposed to one taken from… …   Etymology dictionary

  • peregrine — [per′ə grin, per′əgrīn΄, per′əgrēn΄] adj. [L peregrinus: see PILGRIM] traveling or migratory n. PEREGRINE FALCON …   English World dictionary

  • Peregrine — Peregrine: Сапсан (лат. Falco peregrinus) хищная птица из семейства соколиных, Кодовое название браузера Opera 10 …   Википедия

  • peregrine — index foreign Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Peregrine — m English: from Latin Peregrīnus ‘foreigner, stranger’, a name borne by various early Christian saints, perhaps referring to the belief that men and women are merely sojourners upon the earth, their true home being in heaven. In modern times the… …   First names dictionary

  • peregrine — ► NOUN ▪ a powerful falcon with a bluish grey back and wings and pale underparts, that breeds chiefly on mountains and coastal cliffs. ORIGIN Latin, pilgrim falcon , because falconers birds were caught full grown on migration, not taken from the… …   English terms dictionary

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