vagabond (n.)

  1. anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place; pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea'

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

    [ Syn: vagrant , vagrant , drifter , drifter , floater , floater ]

    vagabond (adj.)

  1. wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community; led a vagabond life; a rootless wanderer

    [ Syn: rootless ]

  2. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; a drifting double-dealer; the floating population; vagrant hippies of the sixties

    [ Syn: aimless , drifting , floating , vagrant ]

    vagabond (v.)

  1. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; The gypsies roamed the woods; roving vagabonds; the wandering Jew; The cattle roam across the prairie; the laborers drift from one town to the next; They rolled from town to town

    [ Syn: roll , wander , swan , stray , tramp , roam , cast , ramble , rove , range , drift ]

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