Peregrine

Peregrine, Latin Peregrinus, is a name originally meaning "one from abroad", that is, a foreigner, traveller, or pilgrim. It may refer to:

Birds

• Peregrine Falcon, a bird of prey
• The Peregrine Fund, a bird conservation organization

People

• Peregrinus, Bishop of Terni (died 138 AD), Roman Catholic saint
• Peregrine (martyr) (died 182 AD), Roman Catholic saint
• Peregrine of Auxerre (died c. 304 AD), Roman Catholic saint
• Peregrino I (514) and Peregrino II (649), Archbishops of Messina
• Cetteus (died 597), also known as Peregrinus, Roman Catholic saint and bishop of Amiternum
• Peter Peregrinus of Maricourt (fl. 1269), French scientist
• Howell Peregrine (1938–2007), British applied mathematician

Fictional characters

• Peregrine (comics)
• Peregrine (Wild Cards)
• Peregrine Pickle, the titular protagonist of a novel by Tobias Smollett
• Peregrin Took, a Lord of the Rings character
• James Peregrine Lester, a Primeval character
• Peregrine, a Volpone character
• Peregrine Hazard, a Wise Children character
• Peregrin Wrickwrackrum, an A Fire Upon the Deep character
• Sir Walter Peregrine, a The Example character
• Peregrine family, characters in two novels by Jude Deveraux

Music

• Peregrine (band), Australian indie rock band
• Peregrine (album), by The Appleseed Cast
• "Peregrine," a song by Donovan on the album The Hurdy Gurdy Man

Military

• USS Peregrine (AM-373), a U.S. Navy ship
• Operation PEREGRINE, a 2003 Canadian military operation
• Operation Peregrine II, a 2007 American military operation in Iraq

Other uses

• Peregrinus (Roman), a designation for a non-citizen subject of the Roman empire
• MV Peregrine, a British ship
• Rolls-Royce Peregrine, an aero engine
• St. Peregrines, a Gaelic athletic club
• Peregrine Investments Holdings, a Hong Kong investment company
• LNER Class A4 60034 Lord Faringdon, a steam locomotive that was at one point named Peregrine.
• Peregrine Systems, a software company
• Peregrine Holdings Limited, a company traded on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange
• "The Peregrin," a story in The Psychotechnic League series
• "Peregrines," a short story by Suzy McKee Charnas
• El Peregrino, a settlement in General Pinto Partido, Argentina
• An astrology term for a planet with no essential dignity

See also

• Pellegrino (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Peregrin"
• All pages with titles containing "Peregrin"