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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024va•grant /ˈveɪgrənt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment;
a vagabond. - a person who wanders from place to place;
wanderer;
rover. adj. [before a noun] - wandering or roaming from place to place.
- wandering idly without a permanent home or employment:vagrant beggars.
- not fixed or settled;
random:a vagrant thought.
va•gran•cy, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024va•grant (vā′grənt),USA pronunciation n. - a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment;
vagabond;
tramp. - Lawan idle person without visible means of support, as a tramp or beggar.
- a person who wanders from place to place;
wanderer;
rover. - wandering idly without a permanent home or employment;
living in vagabondage:vagrant beggars. - of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a vagrant:the vagrant life.
adj. - wandering or roaming from place to place;
nomadic. - (of plants) straggling in growth.
- not fixed or settled, esp. in course;
moving hither and thither:a vagrant leaf blown by the wind.
- Latin vagārī to wander) and *walcren ( Old French wa(u)crer), equivalent. to walc- (see walk) + -r- frequentative suffix + -en infinitive suffix
- Middle English *vagren, blend of, blended vagen (
- late Middle English vagaraunt, apparently present participle of Anglo-French *vagrer, perh. 1400–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Vagrant, vagabond describe an idle, disreputable person who lacks a fixed abode. Vagrant suggests a tramp, a person with no settled abode or livelihood, an idle and disorderly person:picked up by police as a vagrant.Vagabond especially emphasizes the idea of worthless living, often by trickery, thieving, or other disreputable means:Actors were once classed with rogues and vagabonds.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vagrant /ˈveɪɡrənt/ n - a person of no settled abode, income, or job; tramp
- a migratory animal that is off course
adj - wandering about; nomadic
- of, relating to, or characteristic of a vagrant or vagabond
- moving in an erratic fashion, without aim or purpose; wayward
- (of plants) showing uncontrolled or straggling growth
Etymology: 15th Century: probably from Old French waucrant (from wancrer to roam, of Germanic origin), but also influenced by Old French vagant vagabond, from Latin vagārī to wanderˈvagrantly adv |