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Vagrant

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Noun

1. drifter, floater, vagabond, vagrant

a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

Adjective

2. aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant

continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another

Example Sentences:
'a drifting double-dealer'
'the floating population'
'vagrant hippies of the sixties'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Vagrant

see synonyms of vagrant
noun
1. 
a person of no settled abode, income, or job; tramp
2. 
a migratory animal that is off course
adjective
3. 
wandering about; nomadic
4. 
of, relating to, or characteristic of a vagrant or vagabond
5. 
moving in an erratic fashion, without aim or purpose; wayward
6. 
(of plants) showing uncontrolled or straggling growth

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Vagrant

see synonyms of vagrant
noun
1. 
a person who wanders from place to place or lives a wandering life; rover
2. 
one who wanders from place to place without a regular job, supporting oneself by begging, etc.; idle wanderer; vagabond
3.  Law
a tramp, beggar, prostitute, or similar idle or disorderly persons whose way of living makes them liable to arrest and detention
adjective
4. 
wandering from place to place or living a wandering life; roaming; nomadic
5. 
living the life of a vagabond or tramp
6. 
of or characteristic of a vagrant
7. 
characterized by straggling growth
said of plants
8. 
following no fixed direction, course, or pattern; random, wayward, fleeting, erratic, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Vagrant

see synonyms of vagrant
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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