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vagabond

Pronunciation: /ˈvagəbɒnd/
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Definition of vagabond

noun

  • a person who wanders from place to place without a home or job.
  • informal, dated a dishonest or unprincipled person.

adjective

[attributive]
  • having no settled home: a vagabond poacher

verb

[no object] archaic
  • wander about as or like a vagabond: he went vagabonding about the world

Derivatives

vagabondage

noun

Origin:

Middle English (originally denoting a criminal): from Old French, or from Latin vagabundus, from vagari 'wander'

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