vagabond
wandering from place to place without any settled home; nomadic: a vagabond tribe.
leading an unsettled or carefree life.
disreputable; worthless; shiftless.
of, relating to, or characteristic of a vagabond: vagabond habits.
having an uncertain or irregular course or direction: a vagabond voyage.
a person, usually without a permanent home, who wanders from place to place; nomad.
an idle wanderer without a permanent home or visible means of support; tramp; vagrant.
a carefree, worthless, or irresponsible person; rogue.
Origin of vagabond
1synonym study For vagabond
Other words for vagabond
Other words from vagabond
- vag·a·bond·ish, adjective
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How to use vagabond in a sentence
Jackson left Goodwin Procter in 2002, becoming “something of a professional vagabond, moving from place to place as my family needs and circumstances changed,” she said.
What Ketanji Brown Jackson Could Bring to the Supreme Court | Madeleine Carlisle | February 25, 2022 | TimeStories like these are familiar to anyone who has ever lived in a ski town, where rising rent and a vagabond lifestyle are common.
What You Missed: A Look at Jackson Hole’s Housing Crisis | Fred Dreier | December 20, 2021 | Outside OnlineThere’s a certain vagabond nature to the job, and for all the familiarity Storen, Clippard and Stammen brought to those early contending Nats teams, the club has been on the lookout for new arms ever since.
Brad Hand’s arrival might end a Nationals tradition: The search for summer relief | Barry Svrluga | January 26, 2021 | Washington PostIt was a hierarchical society, where, according to the Articles of Confederation, “paupers” and “vagabonds” weren’t due the protection of the law.
We teach students how to understand the U.S., not to love it — or hate it | Daniel Immerwahr | December 23, 2020 | Washington PostThe century-old club sandwich had a pretty good run, and it was a favorite snack of voyagers and vagabonds since its beginning.
Llewyn Davis is a troubadour and vagabond, one who happens to be in grief.
‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ Star Oscar Isaac Is About to Be a Very Big Deal | Kevin Fallon | December 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTvagabond, errand-boy, vagabond, labourer, porter, clerk, chief manager, small partner, Josiah Bounderby of Coketown.
“Sarah Palin is a true believer,” Bess told me over coffee at vagabond Blues, a café 20 miles from Wasilla in the town of Palmer.
Pride forbade him to confess himself a homeless, penniless vagabond.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeHe accordingly took him into his service, but soon found him to be an idle and thievish vagabond.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousSt. Augustine complains of certain vagabond monks who went about selling relics of the martyrs, if indeed martyrs they were.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowNever forget our rule: 'A true vagabond, twenty-four hours after a pillage, must have nothing left but his skin and his knife.'
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueLook at the swagger of the vagabond who commands his braves, would you not think he was about to hew down everything in sight?
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne Sue
British Dictionary definitions for vagabond
/ (ˈvæɡəˌbɒnd) /
a person with no fixed home
an idle wandering beggar or thief
(modifier) of or like a vagabond; shiftless or idle
Origin of vagabond
1Derived forms of vagabond
- vagabondage, noun
- vagabondish, adjective
- vagabondism, noun
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