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vagabond

[ vag-uh-bond ]

adjective

  1. wandering from place to place without any settled home; nomadic:

    a vagabond tribe.

  2. leading an unsettled or carefree life.
  3. disreputable; worthless; shiftless.
  4. of, relating to, or characteristic of a vagabond:

    vagabond habits.

  5. having an uncertain or irregular course or direction:

    a vagabond voyage.



noun

  1. a person, usually without a permanent home, who wanders from place to place; nomad.
  2. an idle wanderer without a permanent home or visible means of support; tramp; vagrant.

    Synonyms: loafer, hobo

  3. a carefree, worthless, or irresponsible person; rogue.

    Synonyms: idler, knave

vagabond

/ ˈvæɡəˌbɒnd /

noun

  1. a person with no fixed home
  2. an idle wandering beggar or thief
  3. modifier of or like a vagabond; shiftless or idle


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Derived Forms

  • ˈvagaˌbondage, noun
  • ˈvagaˌbondish, adjective
  • ˈvagaˌbondism, noun

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Other Words From

  • vaga·bondish adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of vagabond1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English vagabound (from Old French vagabond ), from Late Latin vagābundus “wandering, vagrant,” equivalent to Latin vagā(rī) “to wander” + -bundus adjective suffix

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Word History and Origins

Origin of vagabond1

C15: from Latin vagābundus wandering, from vagārī to roam, from vagus vague

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Synonym Study

See vagrant.

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Example Sentences

Llewyn Davis is a troubadour and vagabond, one who happens to be in grief.

Vagabond, 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.

He accordingly took him into his service, but soon found him to be an idle and thievish vagabond.

St. Augustine complains of certain vagabond monks who went about selling relics of the martyrs, if indeed martyrs they were.

Never forget our rule: 'A true vagabond, twenty-four hours after a pillage, must have nothing left but his skin and his knife.'

Look at the swagger of the vagabond who commands his braves, would you not think he was about to hew down everything in sight?

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