Vagabund — meaning in English
German → English · translate English → German instead
English meaning
- drifter noun A person who moves from place to place or job to job without settling down.
- 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.
- straggler noun Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.
- 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
Vagabund is used for these senses in English:
- drifter (sometimes, pejorative) A person who moves from place to place or job to job.
- hobo (North America) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (pejorative) a penniless, unemployed bum.
- rogue A vagrant.
- rover One who roves, a wanderer, a nomad.
- straggler A roving vagabond.
- 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.
drifter — full definition
- noun A person who moves from place to place or job to job without settling down.
- noun A driver who deliberately slides a car sideways through corners as a driving technique or sport.
hobo — full definition
- noun A homeless person who travels from place to place, historically often by illegally hopping freight trains.
- noun A large, slouchy handbag.