vagabond
va·ga·bond
noun
1.
adjective
1.
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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