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vagabond

va·ga·bond

UK/ˈvæ.ɡə.bɒnd/ US/ˈvæ.ɡə.bɑnd/ uncommon

noun

1.

anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place

  • “pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea”

adjective

1.

wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community

  • “led a vagabond life”
  • “a rootless wanderer”
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2.

continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another

  • “a drifting double-dealer”
  • “the floating population”
  • “vagrant hippies of the sixties”

verb

1.

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”

Origin

From Old French vagabond, from Late Latin vagābundus, from Latin vagari (“wander”). Compare moribund.

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