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Definition of 'vagabond'

Noun

  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
       Synonyms: vagrant drifter floater

Verb

  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"
       Synonyms: roll wander swan stray tramp roam cast ramble rove range drift

Adjective

  1. wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community; "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer"
       Synonyms: 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"
       Synonyms: aimless drifting floating vagrant


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