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vagebond — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bum noun British informal term for the buttocks.
  • hobo noun A homeless person who travels from place to place, historically often by illegally hopping freight trains.
  • marauder noun A person who roams an area raiding and looting.
  • 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.

Senses

vagebond 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.
  • marauder Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
  • 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 (specifically) A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond.

bum — full definition

  1. noun British informal term for the buttocks.
  2. noun A homeless person, or a lazy, useless person (dated, often offensive).
  3. verb To ask for or obtain something for free, especially informally.
  4. adj Of poor quality, unfair, or disappointing.

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.

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