скитник — meaning in English

English meaning

• hobo noun A homeless person who travels from place to place, historically often by illegally hopping freight trains.
• rogue noun A dishonest or unprincipled person; a scoundrel.
• rover noun Someone or something that wanders or travels widely, including robotic vehicles used to explore other planets.
• swagman noun A man who travels around with a swag (“bundle of personal items”); specifically, an itinerant person, often seeking work in exchange for food and lodging.
• tramp noun A homeless person who travels from place to place, often on foot.
• 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.
• Wanderer noun Someone who travels or roams without a fixed destination.

Senses

скитник 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.
• rogue A vagrant.
• rolling stone (idiomatic) A person who moves around a lot and never settles down; a vagrant.
• rover One who roves, a wanderer, a nomad.
• swagman (Australia, New Zealand, historical) A man who travels around with a swag; specifically, an itinerant person, often seeking work in exchange for food and lodging.
• tramp (sometimes, pejorative) A homeless person; a vagabond. [from 1664]
• vagabond A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
• vagrant (dated) A person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer.

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.

rogue — full definition

1. noun A dishonest or unprincipled person; a scoundrel.
2. adj Acting outside normal or expected controls, often in a dangerous or unpredictable way.

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