vagrant

va·grant  (vgrnt)

n.

1. One who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or a means of livelihood.

2. A wanderer; a rover.

3. One who lives on the streets and constitutes a public nuisance.

adj.

1. Wandering from place to place and lacking any means of support.

2. Wayward; unrestrained: a vagrant impulse.

3. Moving in a random fashion; not fixed in place: "Thanks to a vagrant current of the Gulf Stream, a stretch of the Kola coast is free of ice year round" (Jack Beatty).

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[Middle English vagraunt, probably alteration of Old French wacrant, present participle of wacrer, to wander, of Germanic origin.]

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vagrant·ly adv.

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vagrant [ˈveɪgrənt]

n

1. a person of no settled abode, income, or job; tramp

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a migratory animal that is off course

adj

1. wandering about; nomadic

2. of, relating to, or characteristic of a vagrant or vagabond

3. moving in an erratic fashion, without aim or purpose; wayward

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (of plants) showing uncontrolled or straggling growth Archaic equivalent vagrom [ˈveɪgrəm]

[probably from Old French waucrant (from wancrer to roam, of Germanic origin), but also influenced by Old French vagant vagabond, from Latin vagārī to wander]

vagrantly  adv

vagrantness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vagrant - a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support drifter, vagabond, 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
Adj.	1.	vagrant - continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties" drifting, floating, vagabond, aimless unsettled - not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle"

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vagrant

noun

tramp, bum (informal), drifter, vagabond, rolling stone, wanderer, beggar, derelict, itinerant, down-and-out, hobo (U.S.), bag lady (chiefly U.S.), dosser (Brit. slang), person of no fixed address He lived on the street as a vagrant.

adjective

vagabond, drifting, wandering, homeless, journeying, unsettled, roaming, idle, roving, nomadic, destitute, itinerant, down and out, rootless, footloose, fly-by-night (informal), shiftless the terrifying sub-culture of vagrant alcoholics
vagabond settled, fixed, rooted, established

Translations

vagrant [ˈveɪgrənt]

A. N → vagabundo/a m/f

B. ADJ → vagabundo, vagante (fig) → errante

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vagrant [ˈveɪgrənt] n → vagabond(e) m/f

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vagrant

n → Landstreicher(in) m(f); (in town) → Stadtstreicher(in) m(f)

adj person → umherziehend; life → unstet, nomadenhaft

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vagrant [ˈveɪgr/ənt] n → vagabondo/a, barbone/a

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vagrant [ˈveɪgr/ənt] n → vagabondo/a, barbone/a

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vagrant

n vagrant [ˈveigrənt]

a person who has no fixed home; a tramp. boemelaar مُتَشَرِّد скитник tulák, -čka vagabond der/die Landstreicher(in) περιπλανώμενος, αλήτης vagabundo paadialune ولگرد irtolainen itinérant/-ante; vagabond/-onde נווד घुमक्कड़ skitnica csavargó gelandangan flækingur vagabondo, ambulante 浮浪者 부랑자 valkata klaidonis; bezpajumtnieks kutu rayau gelandangan zwerver, landloper omstreifer, løsgjenger włóczęga vagabundo vagabond бродяга tulák, -čka potepuh skitnica landstrykare, lösdrivare, hemlös [] คนจรจัด serseri, avare 遊民 бродяга خانہ بدوش người lang thang 流浪者， 游民

n vagrancy

the state of being a vagrant Vagrancy is a crime in some countries. leeglê تَشَرُّد скитничество toulání, potulka vagabondering die Landstreicherei αλητεία vagabundería, vagabundeo hulkurlus ولگردی irtolaisuus vagabondage נַווָדוּת आवारागर्दी skitalaštvo csavargás keadaan bergelandangan flækingur, flækingslíf vagabondaggio, accattonaggio 放浪 방랑 (상태) valkatavimas klaidonība hidup bergelandangan landloperij omflakking, løsgjengeri włóczęgostwo vadiagem vaga­bondaj бродяжничество tuláctvo potepuštvo skitnja lösdriveri การระเหระร่อน serserilik, avarelik 流浪，漂泊 блукання; кочове життя خانہ بدوشي، بے کارگي lối sống lang thang 流浪，漂泊