vagabond English

Meaning vagabond meaning

What does vagabond mean?

vagabond

— noun anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea

— adjective (= rootless) wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community led a vagabond life a rootless wanderer

— adjective (= drifting, floating, vagrant) continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another a drifting double-dealer the floating population vagrant hippies of the sixties

— noun (= vagrant) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

— verb (= roll, wander, roam, rove, drift) 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

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vagrant

tramp

wanderer

hobo

stray

rove

wander

swan

loafer

homeless

drifter

bum

stroller

range

ramble

ragamuffin

homeless person

drifting

drift

traveller

scamp

ruffian

rootless

roll

roam

rascal

ragged fellow

outcast

lazy

hooligan

hoodlum

fugitive

floating

floater

dosser

cast

bird of passage

beggar

aimless

Bohemian

worthless

wastrel

useless person

unindustrious

travel

tourist

tour

tergiversate

tatterdemalion

swagman

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Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Wander

• What words refer to a person who wanders?
  wanderer vagabond tramp hobo