English Explanatory Dictionary

vagabond

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
  2. One who usually wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood.
verb
  1. To roam, as a vagabond
adj
  1. Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.

Pronunciation

văg'ə-bŏnd /ˈvæ.ɡə.bɒnd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vagabond.wav văg'ə-band /ˈvæ.ɡə.bɑnd/

Word forms

vagabond vagabonds vagabonding vagabonded

Etymology

From Old French vagabond, from Late Latin vagābundus, from Latin vagari (“wander”). Compare moribund. Etymology tree Old French vagabondder. English vagabond

Synonyms

bum stiff casual clochard derelict dero down-and-out down-and-outer drifter epithite floater gadling hobo Jack out of doors knight of the road landleaper landloper landlouper nomad paker palliard pike piker ranger rogue rolling stone rough sleeper scatterling skelder skell stroller stumblebum swagman swaggie toerag tramp truant vagabond vagrant wanderer waif yagger

Related words

extravagant vague beggar idler pauper
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