Vagabond

Pronunciation

• Canada enPR: văg'É™-bŏnd, IPA: /ˈvæɡ.É™.bÉ’nd/

Origin

Latin vagabundus, from vagari, ‘wander’.

Full definition of vagabond

Noun

1. A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
2. One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a hobo.
• Bible, Genesis iv. 12A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be.

Synonyms

Hypernyms

• person

Related terms

• extravagant

Verb

1. To roam, as a vagabond

Adjective

1. Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
• MiltonTo heaven their prayers
  Flew up, nor missed the way, by envious winds
  Blown vagabond or frustrate.
• 1959, Jack London, The Star RoverTruly, the worships of the Mystery wandered as did men, and between filchings and borrowings the gods had as vagabond a time of it as did we.----