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vagabond Definition

vaga·bond (vag′ə bänd′)

adjective

  1. moving from place to place, with no fixed abode; wandering
  2. of, having to do with, or living an unsettled, drifting, or irresponsible life; vagrant; shiftless
  3. aimlessly following an irregular course or path; drifting

Etymology: ME < MFr < L adj. vagabundus, strolling about < vagari, to wander < vagus: see vague

noun

  1. a person who wanders from place to place, having no fixed abode
  2. a tramp
  3. an idle, disreputable, or shiftless person

intransitive verb

to wander

vagabond Related Forms
vag′a·bond′·ish adjective
vagabond Synonyms

vagabond

modif.

nomadic, migratory, migrant, foot-loose (and fancy free), wandering, roving, drifting, roaming, errant, rambling, stray, straggling, transient, tramping, moving, itinerant, peripatetic, shifting; see also aimless, traveling 2.

vagabond Synonyms

vagabond

n.

vagrant, gypsy, rover; see tramp 1, traveler. See syn. study at tramp.

vagabond Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • stroll: Eccles: Fine. { sings ] " I'm just a strolling vagabond... " [ Pause ] Fx: Door opens.

Adjective modifier

  • idle: If I were not naturally a lazy, idle, good-for-nothing vagabond, I could make it pay me $ 20,000 a year.
  • poor: Adolphus Spriggs: [ singing ] I'm only a poor little vagabond... Fx: Gunshot Seagoon: Got ' im!
  • little: Adolphus Spriggs: [ singing ] I'm only a poor little vagabond... Fx: Gunshot Seagoon: Got ' im!
  • old: The New Vagabonds are old vagabonds ( undergoing the old sort of reform ).

Modifies a noun

  • life: The Lycosa shares the Cricket's views: like him, she finds a thousand pleasures in the vagabond life.
  • existence: They too led a vagabond existence, renouncing home, families and possessions.
  • actor: In fact a law of 1547 debarred " vagabond actors " from the City.
  • child: Here is no dwelling of man, and scarce any passage, or at most of vagabond children running at their play.

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