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   va·grant

   /ˈvāɡrənt/

   noun

   • 1. a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging.
   • ▪ a wanderer.
   • ▪ a bird that has strayed or been blown from its usual range or migratory route: "most birders are hoping to find the wind-blown vagrants of migration"

   adjective

   • 1. characteristic relating to or living the life of a vagrant: "vagrant beggars"
   • ▪ moving from place to place; wandering: "vagrant whales"
   • ▪ moving or occurring unpredictably; inconstant: "the vagrant heart of my mother"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French vagarant ‘wandering about’, from the verb vagrer.

   Derivatives

   • 1. vagrantly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 11

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishVAGRANT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   VAGRANT definition: 1. a person who is poor, does not have a home or job, and moves from place to place: 2. a person…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of VAGRANT is one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support. How to use vagrant in a sentence.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryVAGRANT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   VAGRANT meaning: 1. a person who is poor, does not have a home or job, and moves from place to place: 2. a person…. Learn more.

5. www.dictionary.com › browse › vagrantVAGRANT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Vagrant, vagabond describe an idle, disreputable person who lacks a fixed abode. Vagrant suggests a tramp, a person with no settled abode or livelihood, an idle and disorderly person: picked up by police as a vagrant.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › vagrantVagrant - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   A vagrant is someone who is homeless and poor and may wander from place to place. In fiction a vagrant often is a criminal, but a real-life vagrant might just be a person who has lost a job and family and lives off the streets with help from charity.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishVAGRANT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   1. a person of no settled abode, income, or job; tramp. 2. a migratory animal that is off course. adjective. 3. wandering about; nomadic. 4. of, relating to, or characteristic of a vagrant or vagabond. 5. moving in an erratic fashion, without aim or purpose; wayward. 6. (of plants) showing uncontrolled or straggling growth.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › vagrantVagrant - definition of vagrant by The Free Dictionary

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   1. Wandering from place to place and lacking any means of support. 2. Living on the streets or constituting a public nuisance. 3. Inconstant or capricious; wayward: "She was resolved to win my vagrant fancy" (Frank Harris). 4. Moving in a random fashion; having no fixed direction or pattern: vagrant ice floes; a vagrant aroma. 5.