PEREGRINE

'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:

Contents

Natural world

People

Fiction

Music

Engineering

Commercial

Other

See also

Natural world

★ Peregrine Falcon, a type of bird of prey

★ "Peregrine" is an astrology term for a planet with no essential dignity

People

With ''Peregrine'', ''Peregrin'', ''Peregrino'' or ''Peregrinus'' as 'first name':

★ Peregrine (martyr) (died 182 AD), Roman Catholic saint, Martyr in Rome

★ Peregrine of Auxerre (died c. 304 AD), Roman Catholic saint, first bishop of Auxerre

★ Peregrino I (514) and Peregrino II (649), Archbishops of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Messina

★ Peregrino Anselmo (1902 – 1975), Uruguayan football player

★ Peregrine Armstrong-Jones (born 1960), international party and events organiser

★ Peregrine Bland (c. 1596 – 1647), member of the Virginia House of Burgesses

★ Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire (born 1944)

★ Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1555 – 1601)

★ Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (1686 – 1742)

★ Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven (1714 – 1778)

★ Peregrine Cust, 6th Baron Brownlow (1899 – 1978)

★ Peregrine Eliot, 10th Earl of St Germans (born 1941)

★ Peregrine Alexander Nelson Hood (born 1974), British aristocrat

★ Peregrine Laziosi (1265 – 1345), Roman Catholic saint

★ Peregrine Maitland (1777 – 1854), British soldier and colonial administrator

★ Peregrine Maitland Grover (1818 – 1885), member of Canadian House of Commons

★ Peregrin Obdržálek (1825 – 1891), Czech Catholic priest

★ Peregrine O'Duignan (fl. 1627 – 1636), Irish clergyman and historian

★ Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds (1659 – 1729)

★ Peregrine Osborne, 3rd Duke of Leeds (1691 – 1731)

★ Peregrine Pelham (died 1950), English Member of Parliament

★ Peregrinus Proteus (100 – 165 AD), Cynic suicidal philosopher

★ Peregrine White (1620 – 1704), first English child to be born in the New World

★ Peregrine Willoughby-Brown (born 1985), heir to the Barony Willoughby de Eresby

★ Peregrine Worsthorne (born 1923), English journalist
As 'middle name':

★ Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (1782-1841), Privy Counsellor of the United Kingdom

★ Charles Peregrine Courtenay, Lord Courtenay (born 1975)

★ Steve Peregrin Took (1949 – 1980), English musician

★ Guy Richard Peregrine Whatley (born 1975), American organist and harpsichordist

★ Sebastian Peregrin Zwyer (1597 – 1661), Swiss military commander and politician
As 'surname':

★ Petrus Peregrinus (fl. 1269), French scientist

Fiction

★ Peregrin Took, a hobbit from ''The Lord of the Rings'' by J. R. R. Tolkien

★ Peregrine (Wild Cards), a superhero from the ''Wild Cards'' book series

★ Peregrine (comics), a superhero from Marvel Comics

★ Peregrine Pickle, protagonist of ''The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle'' novel by Tobias Smollett

★ ''The Peregrin'', a science fiction short story by Poul Anderson from The Psychotechnic League series

★ ''Peregrines'', a short story by Suzy McKee Charnas

★ James Peregrine Lester, a character in ITV science fiction TV series ''Primeval''

★ King Peregrin, a character in the ''MediEvil'' series of video games

★ Sir Walter Peregrine, a character from ''The Example'' stage comedy by James Shirley

★ Peregrine Family, characters from ''The Taming'' and ''The Conquest'' novels by Jude Deveraux

Music

★ Peregrine (band), an Australian rock/pop band

★ ''Peregrine'', a song by Donovan Leitch on his 1968 album The Hurdy Gurdy Man

★ Peregrine (album), a 2006 album by The Appleseed Cast

Engineering

★ ''Peregrine'' (locomotive), an LNER Peppercorn Class A1 steam locomotive

★ Rolls-Royce Peregrine, an aircraft piston-engine

★ "Peregrine" is an anti-UAV drone under development by DARPA

★ USS Peregrine (AM-373), a U.S. Navy minesweeper

★ Rolls-Royce Peregrine, an liquid-cooled aircraft engine designed by Rolls Royce

Commercial

★ ''Peregrine Books'', a former imprint of the publisher Penguin Books

★ Peregrine Investments Holdings, a former investments company based in Hong Kong

★ Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, an American biopharmaceutical company

★ Peregrine Systems, an American software company

★ Peregrine Creative Services, publisher of role-playing games such as Murphy's World

Other

★ Peregrinus (Roman), a term used in Roman empire

★ Peregrine, the codename for the Opera web browser version 10.0

★ Operation PEREGRINE, a domestic Canadian military operation in 2003

★ Operation Peregrine II, U.S. operation during 2007 Iraq war

★ St Peregrines, a Gaelic football club in Dublin

★ El Peregrino, settlement in General Pinto Partido department of Argentine

See also

★ Pellegrino (Italian variant)