Definition of 'vagabond'
Noun
- anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place; "pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea"
- a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
Synonyms: vagrant drifter floater
Verb
- 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
- wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community; "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer"
Synonyms: rootless - 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