Originally: a beggar, a vagabond. Later: a dishonest or unprincipled person; a scoundrel, a rogue (frequently as a term of abuse). Also occasionally…

A wanderer, a traveller; a vagabond. Cf. Rome-raiker, n.

A person having no settled means of living or no fixed home; a vagabond.

One of a class of persons who having no settled home or regular work wander from place to place, and maintain themselves by begging or in some…

Chiefly English regional (northern) and Scottish. A wandering beggar; a vagrant; a wanderer, a walker; a pedlar.

A person who wanders from place to place, maintaining themselves by begging, or by other means regarded as dishonest or disreputable; a vagrant, a…

A professional beggar or vagabond (originally one who slept on the straw in barns and outhouses); spec. a beggar with self-inflicted sores on the…

One who has no fixed abode or home, and who wanders about from place to place; spec. one who does this without regular occupation or obvious…

An idle vagrant, a vagabond; one of a group or class of such people. Now archaic or historical.

Scottish. A vagabond. Also attributive.

In senses immediately derived from 1. A quasi-religious mendicant; a vagabond; in Gypsy slang, a highwayman.

An itinerant beggar, a vagrant; (sometimes) spec. a licensed beggar, a beadsman; cf. beadsman, n. 2b(b). historical or archaic in later use.

a tramp.

One who loiters (see senses of the verb); †a vagabond, ‘sturdy beggar’.

One who wanders or roves without fixed direction; one who strays from his companions or from the regular route; †a gadabout; †a camp-follower, a…

A vagabond, a wanderer; a restless roving person.

Esp. in the 16th and 17th centuries: a member of a class of vagabonds and rogues said to operate in the guise of maimed soldiers and sailors; a…

‘One that skulks under hedges for bad purposes’ (Johnson); a hedge-bird; a sneaking rogue.

A beggar claiming to have been released on licence from the Hospital of St Mary of Bethlehem in London (see bedlam, n. 2), or any similar…

One who wanders about the country; a vagabond, tramp. Obsolete.

Usually depreciative. A wanderer, a rover; spec. an itinerant seller of supposed medicines and remedies; a mountebank; (also) an itinerant…

An itinerant beggar, a vagrant. Obsolete.

British and Irish English. Chiefly derogatory. Any itinerant trader, performer, or beggar; spec. (esp. Scottish and Irish English) a Traveller…

A person without a permanent home or job who travels (usually on foot) from place to place, often begging, selling small goods, or searching for…

Transferred uses. An old cant name for a strolling vagabond, a thief, a beggar. Cf. Bohemian, n., Gypsy, n. adj., Tartarian, n. b. Obsolete.

A vagrant.

Variant of vagand, present participle of vague, v.1 Scottish. Obsolete; also as n. a vagrant.

transferred. A vagrant. Obsolete.

A person who skulks or sneaks about, esp. for dishonest or improper purposes; a loiterer. Now regional.

transferred. A person born, brought up, or accustomed to loiter under a hedge; a vagrant; a sturdy vagabond; a footpad. Cf. jail-bird, n.

an itinerant beggar; = sense 1.

A person on the tramp; = tramper, n. 2; one who travels from place to place on foot, in search of employment, or as a vagrant; also, one who…

A vagabond, vagrant; an itinerant beggar or pedlar. Now chiefly Scottish.

A strolling minstrel or beggar; a vagabond. Scottish. Obsolete exc. Historical.

(a) bird of passage n. a migratory bird; (in later use) spec. a passage migrant; (figurative) a person who passes through or visits a place…

An aggressive or rude-mannered beggar; a vagrant; (in extended use) a wild or unruly person.

A person who tramps or travels on foot, a pedestrian; spec. a tramp, a vagrant; New Zealand a person who walks long distances in rough country for…

(See quot. 1804.)

one who practises vagabondage.

A wild or undisciplined person, a tearaway; a vagabond, a vagrant.

Chiefly English regional (derogatory). (A term of abuse for) a vagrant, tramp, or good-for-nothing; = pikey, n. adj.1

A traveller, a gypsy; a vagrant, a tramp; (hence more generally) a lower-class person, regarded as coarse or disreputable.

Chiefly depreciative. A drifter or vagrant who lives, or spends large amounts of time, on the seashore, often scavenging for items to sell or…

Originally U.S. A person with no permanent place of residence who makes a living from travelling from place to place doing odd jobs, accepting…

Chiefly U.S., Australian, and New Zealand (originally U.S.). A general worker; a casual or unskilled labourer; (derogatory) a vagrant or…

A tramp, a vagrant; a habitual loafer; a beggar; a scrounger. Cf. bummer, n.3

rare. A migratory person; a migratory bird.

English regional (northern). A (typically itinerant) trader in earthenware items; a pedlar who sells pots, etc. Also: a tramp, a vagrant. Now rare.

Australian and New Zealand colloquial. A tramp arriving at a sheep station, farm, etc., in the evening under the pretence of seeking work, so as…

= vagrant, n.

A person who travels on foot, esp. for an extended period of time; a swagman or traveller.

A vagrant, a tramp.

slang. a swagman who camps and fishes in the region of the Murrumbidgee River (sometimes used as the type of an indolent person).

U.S. and Australian. = roustabout, n. 2a. Cf. rouser, n. 4.

a vagabond.

Also waler. A tramp or ‘sundowner’. Australian slang.

A vagabond.

a cat living wild and roaming among the heather; hence figurative applied to a person.

‘An idle shiftless wandering workman, ranking scarcely above the tramp’ (Funk).

see quot. 1889.

a young or inexperienced tramp, esp. one who acts as a scout; a hobo who accepts occasional work.

Australian. A person who travels overland from one settlement or place to another. Also slang: a tramp, a ‘sundowner’. Now historical.

a hobo, a tramp.

slang. A penniless man; a wastrel; a tramp; a migratory or unskilled worker.

A bundle containing clothes and possessions, esp. a bedding-roll carried by a tramp. Hence bindle-man n., bindle-stiff a tramp who carries such a…

Originally and chiefly U.S. A tramp or hobo; a vagrant.

a tramp, spec. one who is habitually drunk (cf. bum, n.6 3).

Weakened or exhausted by exertion, etc.; fatigued, wearied; also, sick or weary of, impatient with… tired Tim (also Timothy), usually associated with…

A vagrant; one who sleeps rough.

A beachcomber or vagrant.

(a) a highwayman or (Australian) bushranger; = gentleman of the road at gentleman, n. phrases 6 (now historical); (b) a commercial traveller; (c) a…

plain turkey, scrub turkey: humorous names for swagmen who haunt, respectively, the Australian plains and the bush. Australian slang.

plain turkey, scrub turkey: humorous names for swagmen who haunt, respectively, the Australian plains and the bush. Australian slang.

A vagrant, esp. one who is dependent on alcohol.

A homeless person or tramp, esp. one who habitually drinks large quantities of cheap, strong alcohol. Cf. jake, n.2 1.

(Also crustie.) One of a group of homeless or vagrant young people, generally living by begging in cities, and characterized by rough clothes…