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vagrant
[vey-gruhnt]
noun
a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment; vagabond; tramp.
Law.an idle person without visible means of support, as a tramp or beggar.
a person who wanders from place to place; wanderer; rover.
wandering idly without a permanent home or employment; living in vagabondage.
vagrant beggars.
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of a vagrant.
the vagrant life.
wandering or roaming from place to place; nomadic.
(of plants) straggling in growth.
not fixed or settled, especially in course; moving hither and thither.
a vagrant leaf blown by the wind.
vagrant
/ ˈɪɡəԳ /
noun
a person of no settled abode, income, or job; tramp
a migratory animal that is off course
adjective
wandering about; nomadic
of, relating to, or characteristic of a vagrant or vagabond
moving in an erratic fashion, without aim or purpose; wayward
(of plants) showing uncontrolled or straggling growth
Other Word Forms
- vagrantly adverb
- vagrantness noun
- nonvagrant adjective
- nonvagrantly adverb
- nonvagrantness noun
- unvagrant adjective
- unvagrantly adverb
- unvagrantness noun
- ˈԳٲԱ noun
- ˈԳٱ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of vagrant1
Word History and Origins
Origin of vagrant1
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Example Sentences
He served four years, but on his release he had no family, friends or place to live, so he became a vagrant.
"Romanians go to other countries for work, but we have so many resources here. Wood, grain - and our soil is very rich. Why should we be vagrants in Italy?"
He plays Tom T. Shiftlet, a one-armed vagrant who talks a woman into taking him on as her handyman, then marries her mute, deaf daughter, Lucynell.
Our caravan had dwindled down to a small band of vagrants.
But from the arguments, it’s not clear the court will say Grants Pass went too far and violated the “vagrants’ ” constitutional rights.
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