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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vag•a•bond /ˈvægəˌbɑnd/USA pronunciation adj. - wandering from place to place without any settled home.
n. [countable] - a person, usually without a permanent home, who wanders from place to place;
a nomad.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vag•a•bond (vag′ə bond′),USA pronunciation adj. - wandering from place to place without any settled home;
nomadic:a vagabond tribe. - leading an unsettled or carefree life.
- disreputable;
worthless;
shiftless. - of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a vagabond:vagabond habits.
- having an uncertain or irregular course or direction:a vagabond voyage.
n. - a person, usually without a permanent home, who wanders from place to place;
nomad. - an idle wanderer without a permanent home or visible means of support;
tramp;
vagrant. - a carefree, worthless, or irresponsible person;
rogue.
- Late Latin vagābundus wandering, vagrant, equivalent. to Latin vagā(rī) to wander + -bundus adjective, adjectival suffix
- Old French vagabond)
- late Middle English vagabound (1400–50
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hobo, loafer. See vagrant.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged knave, idler.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vagabond /ˈvæɡəˌbɒnd/ n - a person with no fixed home
- an idle wandering beggar or thief
- (modifier) of or like a vagabond; shiftless or idle
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin vagābundus wandering, from vagārī to roam, from vagus vagueˈvagaˌbondage n |