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

Etymology: ME vagraunt, prob. < Anglo-Fr wacrant, walcrant < OFr walcrer, to wander < Frank *walken (see walk): infl. prob. by L vagari, to wander

adjective

1. wandering from place to place or living a wandering life; roaming; nomadic
2. living the life of a vagabond or tramp
3. of or characteristic of a vagrant
4. characterized by straggling growth: said of plants
5. following no fixed direction, course, or pattern; random, wayward, fleeting, erratic, etc.