Alternative spelling of père

A surname.

plural of Pere

A medium-sized, very swift falcon, Falco peregrinus, that hunts small birds.

Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time.

(botany) A plant that is active throughout the year, or has a life cycle of more than two growing seasons. / A thing that lasts forever.

(law) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal

(law) A challenge to the admission of a juror, without the challenger needing to show good cause.

(countable, chiefly theology, archaic) A person's life regarded as a temporary stay on earth and a journey to the afterlife.

Wandering, travelling, migratory. / Not native to a region or country; foreign; alien. / (astrology, of a planet) Lacking essential debility. / Extrinsic or from without; exotic.