vagrant
Wandering from place to place, particularly when without any settled employment or…Wandering from place to place, particularly when without any settled employment or habitation.
» If you meet a vagrant or a beggar, it's good to give them some money.
Meaning
3 sensesWandering from place to place, particularly when without any settled employment or habitation.
a vagrant beggar
wandernd, vagabundierend
Of or pertaining to a vagabond or vagrant, or a person fond of wandering.
(figuratively)Moving without a certain direction; roving, wandering; also, erratic, unsettled.
- continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
Examples
3 sentencesIf you meet a vagrant or a beggar, it's good to give them some money.
To clear the country of vagrants and convicts, France encouraged them to settle in Algeria.
Police say he got the boys from the South Pattaya pier area where there are a lot of vagrant children.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English vagraunt, vagaraunt (“having no proper employment; having a tendency tFrom Middle English vagraunt, vagaraunt (“having no proper employment; having a tendency to go astray or wander; wayward”), from Anglo-Norman vagarant, wakerant, waucrant (“vagrant”) and Old French walcrant, waucrant (“roaming, wandering”); see further at etymology 1.
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Forms
more vagrant, most vagrant| Comparative | more vagrant Lesson |
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regular
Synonyms
13 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form