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Vagabond Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Vagabond? [n] anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place; "pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea" [n] a person who has no fixed home [adj] continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties" [adj] wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community; "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer" [v] move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Vagabond: aimless \| cast \| drift \| drifting \| floating \| ramble \| range \| roam \| rootless \| rove \| stray \| swan \| tramp \| unsettled \| vagrant \| wander Related Terms \| Find terms related to Vagabond: See Also \| bird of passage \| gad \| gallivant \| go \| jazz around \| locomote \| maunder \| move \| object \| physical object \| roamer \| rover \| travel \| wanderer Vagabond In Webster's Dictionary \Vag"abond\, a. [F., fr. L. vagabundus, from vagari to stroll about, from vagus strolling. See {Vague}.] 1. Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering. ``Vagabond exile.'' --Shak. 2. Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro. To heaven their prayers Flew up, nor missed the way, by envious winds Blown vagabond or frustrate. --Milton. 3. Being a vagabond; strolling and idle or vicious. \Vag"abond\, n. One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a tramp; hence, a worthless person; a rascal. A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be. --Gen. iv. 12. Note: In English and American law, vagabond is used in bad sense, denoting one who is without a home; a strolling, idle, worthless person. Vagabonds are described in old English statutes as ``such as wake on the night and sleep on the day, and haunt customable taverns and alehouses, and routs about; and no man wot from whence they came, nor whither they go.'' In American law, the term vagrant is employed in the same sense. Cf {Rogue}, n., 1. --Burrill. --Bouvier. \Vag"a*bond\, v. i. To play the vagabond; to wander like a vagabond; to stroll. On every part my vagabonding sight Did cast, and drown mine eyes in sweet delight. --Drummond.

Vagabond Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Vagabond?

[n] anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place; "pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea"
[n] a person who has no fixed home
[adj] continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
[adj] wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community; "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer"
[v] move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"

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Vagabond In Webster's Dictionary

\Vag"a*bond\, a. [F., fr. L. vagabundus, from vagari to
stroll about, from vagus strolling. See {Vague}.]
1. Moving from place to place without a settled habitation;
   wandering. ``Vagabond exile.'' --Shak.

2. Floating about without any certain direction; driven to
   and fro.

         To heaven their prayers Flew up, nor missed the way,
         by envious winds Blown vagabond or frustrate.
                                               --Milton.

3. Being a vagabond; strolling and idle or vicious.


\Vag"a*bond\, n.
One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed
dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means
of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a tramp; hence, a worthless
person; a rascal.

      A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be. --Gen. iv. 12.

Note: In English and American law, vagabond is used in bad
      sense, denoting one who is without a home; a strolling,
      idle, worthless person. Vagabonds are described in old
      English statutes as ``such as wake on the night and
      sleep on the day, and haunt customable taverns and
      alehouses, and routs about; and no man wot from whence
      they came, nor whither they go.'' In American law, the
      term vagrant is employed in the same sense. Cf {Rogue},
      n., 1. --Burrill. --Bouvier.


\Vag"a*bond\, v. i.
To play the vagabond; to wander like a vagabond; to stroll.

      On every part my vagabonding sight Did cast, and drown
      mine eyes in sweet delight.              --Drummond.

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