vag·a·bond (v g -b nd )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 vag bundus, wandering, from Latin vag r , to wander, from vagus, wandering.]
vag a·bond age n. vag a·bond ism n. |
vagabond [ˈvægəˌbɒnd]n1. 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 | Noun | 1. | vagabond - 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. | vagabond - a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of supportsundowner - 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" | | Verb | 1. | vagabond - 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"rove, stray, roam, wander, swan, ramble, range, drift, tramp, cast, roll 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" 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. | vagabond - 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. | vagabond - 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" |
vagabondnoun 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]B. N → vagabundo/a m/f
vagabond [ˈvægəbɒnd] n (old-fashioned) → vagabond(e) m/f
vagabond [ˈvægəˌbɒnd] n → vagabondo/a, barbone/a vagabond [ˈvægəˌbɒnd] n → vagabondo/a, barbone/a
vagabondn 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 流浪者, 浪子,流氓
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