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vagrant

[ vey-gruhnt ]

noun

  1. a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment; vagabond; tramp.
  2. Law. an idle person without visible means of support, as a tramp or beggar.
  3. a person who wanders from place to place; wanderer; rover.
  4. wandering idly without a permanent home or employment; living in vagabondage:

    vagrant beggars.



adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a vagrant:

    the vagrant life.

  2. wandering or roaming from place to place; nomadic.
  3. (of plants) straggling in growth.
  4. not fixed or settled, especially in course; moving hither and thither:

    a vagrant leaf blown by the wind.

vagrant

/ ˈɪɡəԳ /

noun

  1. a person of no settled abode, income, or job; tramp
  2. a migratory animal that is off course
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  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. (of plants) showing uncontrolled or straggling growth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳٲԱ, noun
  • ˈԳٱ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • gԳ· adverb
  • gԳ·Ա noun
  • ԴDz·gԳ adjective
  • non·gԳ· adverb
  • non·gԳ·Ա noun
  • ܲ·gԳ adjective
  • un·gԳ· adverb
  • un·gԳ·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vagrant1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English vagaraunt, apparently present participle of unattested Anglo-French vagrer, perhaps from unattested Middle English vagren, blend of vagen (from Latin ī “to wander”) and unattested walcren (becoming Old French wa(u)crer ), equivalent to walc- ( walk ) + -r- frequentative suffix + -en infinitive suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vagrant1

C15: probably from Old French waucrant (from wancrer to roam, of Germanic origin), but also influenced by Old French vagant vagabond, from Latin ī to wander
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Synonym Study

Vagrant, vagabond describe an idle, disreputable person who lacks a fixed abode. Vagrant suggests a tramp, a person with no settled abode or livelihood, an idle and disorderly person: picked up by police as a vagrant. Vagabond especially emphasizes the idea of worthless living, often by trickery, thieving, or other disreputable means: Actors were once classed with rogues and vagabonds.
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"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?"

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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.

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Our caravan had dwindled down to a small band of vagrants.

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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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A podcast by the right-wing Cicero Institute suggested that instead of calling people “homeless,” we revert to words like “vagrants,” “bums” and “tramps.”

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