About The Word Hobo

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Hobo

Hobo Meaning & Definition
Hobo Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hobo?

[n] a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hobo: bum | tramp

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hobo: alien | Arab | beach bum | beachcomber | beggar | beggarly fellow | blighter | bo | Bowery bum | budmash | bum | bummer | cadger | caitiff | case | character | crackpot | crank | derelict | devil | dogie | drifter | drunkard | eccentric | fanatic | floater | gamin | gamine | good-for-naught | good-for-nothing | guttersnipe | hermit | homeless waif | human wreck | idler | kook | landloper | lazzarone | loafer | lone wolf | loner | losel | lowlife | mauvais sujet | maverick | mean wretch | mendicant | mendicant friar | mendicant order | meshuggenah | moocher | mucker | mudlark | natural | no-good | nonconformist | nut | odd fellow | oddball | oddity | original | outsider | panhandler | pariah | pauvre diable | piker | pilgarlic | poor creature | poor devil | queer duck | queer fish | queer specimen | ragamuffin | ragman | ragpicker | rara avis | rounder | sad case | sad sack | schnorrer | screwball | scrounger | ski bum | skid-row bum | solitary | stiff | stray | street Arab | street urchin | sundowner | surf bum | swagman | swagsman | tatterdemalion | tennis bum | tramp | truant | turnpiker | type | urchin | vag | vagabond | vagrant | vaurien | waif | waifs and strays | wastrel | worthless fellow | wretch | zealot

See Also | dosser | drifter | floater | street person | vagrant

Hobo In Webster's Dictionary

\Ho"bo\, n.; pl. {Hobos} or {Hoboes}. [Of uncertain origin.] A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling from place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging for a living. [U. S.] -- {Ho"bo*ism}, n.

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