vagrant

va·grant

V0006400 (vā′grənt)n.1. a. One who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or a means of livelihood.b. Archaic A wanderer; a rover.2. One who lives on the streets or constitutes a public nuisance.3. An animal occurring beyond its normal range; an accidental.adj.1. Wandering from place to place and lacking any means of support.2. Living on the streets or constituting a public nuisance.3. Inconstant or capricious; wayward: "She was resolved to win my vagrant fancy" (Frank Harris).4. Moving in a random fashion; having no fixed direction or pattern: vagrant ice floes; a vagrant aroma.5. Being beyond its normal range; accidental. Used of animals.

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[Middle English vagraunt, probably alteration of Old French wacrant, present participle of wacrer, to wander, of Germanic origin.]

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va′grant·ly adv.

vagrant

(ˈveɪɡrənt) n1. a person of no settled abode, income, or job; tramp2. (Zoology) a migratory animal that is off courseadj3. wandering about; nomadic4. of, relating to, or characteristic of a vagrant or vagabond5. moving in an erratic fashion, without aim or purpose; wayward6. (Botany) (of plants) showing uncontrolled or straggling growth Archaic equivalent: vagrom [C15: probably from Old French waucrant (from wancrer to roam, of Germanic origin), but also influenced by Old French vagant vagabond, from Latin vagārī to wander] ˈvagrantly adv ˈvagrantness n

va•grant

(ˈveɪ grənt)

n. 1. a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment; vagabond. 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. adj. 4. wandering or roaming from place to place. 5. of or characteristic of a vagrant. 6. wandering idly without a permanent home or employment: vagrant beggars. 7. (of plants) straggling in growth. 8. not fixed or settled, esp. in course: a vagrant leaf blown by the wind. [1400–50; late Middle English vagaraunt, appar. present participle of Anglo-French *vagrer, perhaps < Middle English *vagren, b. vagen (< Latin vagārī to wander) and *walcren (> Old French wa(u)crer), frequentative derivative of walk] va′grant•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vagrant - a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of supportdrifter, vagabond, floaterbeachcomber - a vagrant living on a beachhave-not, poor person - a person with few or no possessionssundowner - a tramp who habitually arrives at sundownhobo, tramp, bum - a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"bird of passage, roamer, rover, wanderer - someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
Adj.	1.	vagrant - continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"drifting, floating, vagabond, aimlessunsettled - not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle"

vagrant

noun1. tramp, bum (informal), drifter, vagabond, rolling stone, wanderer, beggar, derelict, itinerant, down-and-out, hobo (U.S.), bag lady (chiefly U.S.), dosser (Brit. slang), person of no fixed address He lived on the street as a vagrant.adjective1. vagabond, drifting, wandering, homeless, journeying, unsettled, roaming, idle, roving, nomadic, destitute, itinerant, down and out, rootless, footloose, fly-by-night (informal), shiftless the terrifying sub-culture of vagrant alcoholics
vagabond settled, fixed, rooted, established

vagrant

adjectiveLeading the life of a person without a fixed domicile; moving from place to place:itinerant, nomadic, peripatetic, vagabond.

Translations

流浪者游民

vagrant

(ˈveigrənt) noun a person who has no fixed home; a tramp. 遊民 流浪者，游民 ˈvagrancy noun the state of being a vagrant. Vagrancy is a crime in some countries. 流浪，漂泊 流浪，漂泊