noun
vagrant
VAYG-ruhnt
noun
1
A person with no permanent home who moves from place to place, often begging or living on the street.
"City officials debated new laws to help vagrants find shelter."
adj
1
Wandering from place to place without a fixed home or settled job.
"The vagrant lifestyle appealed to him after he sold his house."
How to Use Vagrant
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomeone who has no fixed address and moves around, usually because of poverty.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
a vagrant lifestyle
arrested as a vagrant
Word Forms
more vagrant comparative, vagrants plural, most vagrant superlative
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Etymology
From Late Middle English vagraunt, likely from Anglo-Norman vagarant, probably influenced by Latin vagari ("to wander, roam").