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бездо́мник — meaning in English

bezdomnik

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English meaning

  • hobo noun A homeless person who travels from place to place, historically often by illegally hopping freight trains.
  • vagabond noun A person who wanders from place to place with no fixed home, often living hand to mouth.
  • vagrant noun A person with no permanent home who moves from place to place, often begging or living on the street.
  • waif noun A person, especially a child, who is thin, pale and homeless or uncared for.

Senses

бездо́мник is used for these senses in English:

  • hobo (North America) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (pejorative) a penniless, unemployed bum.
  • vagabond A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
  • vagrant (specifically) A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond.
  • waif A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.

hobo — full definition

  1. noun A homeless person who travels from place to place, historically often by illegally hopping freight trains.
  2. noun A large, slouchy handbag.

vagabond — full definition

  1. noun A person who wanders from place to place with no fixed home, often living hand to mouth.
  2. adj Wandering aimlessly, with no fixed direction or home.

Related Bulgarian words