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vagabond
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vag·a·bond  (vg-bnd)
n.
1. A person without a permanent home who moves from place to place.
2. A vagrant; a tramp.
3. A wanderer; a rover.
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a wanderer; nomadic.
2. Aimless; drifting.
3. Irregular in course or behavior; unpredictable.
intr.v. vag·a·bond·ed, vag·a·bond·ing, vag·a·bonds
To lead the life of a vagabond; roam about.

[Middle English vagabonde, from Old French vagabond, from Late Latin vagbundus, wandering, from Latin vagr, to wander, from vagus, wandering.]

vaga·bondage n.
vaga·bondism n.

vagabond [ˈvægəˌbɒnd]
n
1. a person with no fixed home
2. an idle wandering beggar or thief
3. (modifier) of or like a vagabond; shiftless or idle
[from Latin vagābundus wandering, from vagārī to roam, from vagus vague]
vagabondage  n
vagabondish  adj
vagabondism  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.vagabondvagabond - anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place; "pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea"
object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
2.vagabondvagabond - a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
beachcomber - a vagrant living on a beach
have-not, poor person - a person with few or no possessions
sundowner - a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown
hobo, tramp, bum - a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"
bird of passage, roamer, rover, wanderer - someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
Verb1.vagabondvagabond - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
maunder - wander aimlessly
gad, gallivant, jazz around - wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
drift, err, stray - wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"
wander - go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"
Adj.1.vagabondvagabond - wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community; "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer"
unsettled - not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle"
2.vagabondvagabond - continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
unsettled - not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle"

vagabond
noun
tramp, bum (informal), drifter, vagrant, migrant, rolling stone, wanderer, beggar, outcast, rover, nomad, itinerant, down-and-out, hobo (U.S.), bag lady (chiefly U.S.), wayfarer, dosser (Brit. slang), knight of the road, person of no fixed address He had lived as a vagabond, begging for food.
adjective
vagrant, drifting, wandering, homeless, journeying, unsettled, roaming, idle, roving, nomadic, destitute, itinerant, down and out, rootless, footloose, fly-by-night (informal), shiftless his impoverished, vagabond existence
Translations
vagabond [ˈvægəbɒnd]
A. ADJvagabundo
B. Nvagabundo/a m/f

vagabond [ˈvægəbɒnd] n (old-fashioned)vagabond(e) m/f

vagabond
nVagabund m, → Landstreicher(in) m(f)
adjvagabundenhaft; personvagabundierend, umherziehend; thoughts(ab)schweifend; vagabond lifeVagabundenleben nt

vagabond [ˈvægəˌbɒnd] nvagabondo/a, barbone/a
vagabond [ˈvægəˌbɒnd] nvagabondo/a, barbone/a

vagabond
n vagabond [ˈvӕgəbond]
an old word for a person having no settled home, or roving from place to place, especially in an idle or disreputable manner rogues and vagabonds. rondloper مُتَشَرِّد، أفّاق хаймана tulák, -čka vagabond der/die Vagabund(in) πλανόβιος, αλήτης (αρχ.) vagabundo hulkur خانه بدوش؛ آواره kiertolainen vagagond/-onde נוֹדֵד आवारा lutalica csavargó gelandangan flækingur vagabondo 放浪者 방랑자 valkata klaidonis; dīkdienis bergelandangan vagebond landstryker, loffer, vagabond włóczęga vagabundo va­ga­­bond бродяга tulák, -čka klatež vagabundo vagabond, landstrykare คนร่อนเร่ avare, serseri 流浪漢 бродяга; пройдисвіт آوارہ گرد، خانہ بدوش tên du đãng 者,


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