vagabond (redirected from vagabonding)

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.

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

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vaga·bondage n.

vaga·bondism n.

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vagabond

Noun

a person who travels from place to place and has no fixed home or job [Latin vagari to roam]

Thesaurus

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 support drifter, vagrant, floater 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
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" 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.	vagabond - wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community; "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer" rootless 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" drifting, vagrant, aimless, floating unsettled - not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle"

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vagabond

noun 1. 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, derro Austral. (slang)

modifier 2. vagrant, drifting, wandering, homeless, journeying, unsettled, roaming, idle, roving, nomadic, destitute, itinerant, down and out, rootless, footloose, fly-by-night (informal) shiftless

Translations

vagabond [ˈvægəbɔnd] n → vagabundo/a

vagabond [ˈvægəbɔnd] n → vagabond(e) (= tramp); chemineau m, clochard(e)

vagabond [ˈvægəbɔnd] n → Vagabund m

vagabond [ˈvægəbɔnd] n → vagabondo/a

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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 kulkuri vagagond/-onde נוֹדֵד आवारा lutalica csavargó gelandangan flækingur vagabondo 放浪者 방랑자, 유랑자, 떠돌이 valkata klaidonis; dīkdienis bergelandangan vagebond landstryker, loffer, vagabond włóczęga vagabundo va­ga­­bond бродяга tulák, -čka klatež vagabundo vagabond, landstrykare คนร่อนเร่ avare, serseri 流浪者, 浪子，流氓 бродяга; пройдисвіт آوارہ گرد، خانہ بدوش tên du đãng 流浪者, 浪子，流氓