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vagrant

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vagrant  \Va"grant\,  a.  [Probably  fr  OF  waucrant  wacrant,  p. 
  p.  of  waucrer  wacrer  walcrer  to  wander  (probably  of 
  Teutonic  origin),  but  influenced  by  F.  vagant,  p.  pr  of 
  vaguer  to  stray,  L.  vagari.  Cf  {Vagary}.] 
  1.  Moving  without  certain  direction;  wandering;  erratic; 
  unsettled. 
 
  That  beauteous  Emma  vagrant  courses  took  --Prior. 
 
  While  leading  this  vagrant  and  miserable  life, 
  Johnson  fell  in  live.  --Macaulay. 
 
  2.  Wandering  from  place  to  place  without  any  settled 
  habitation;  as  a  vagrant  beggar. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vagrant  \Va"grant\,  n. 
  One  who  strolls  from  place  to  place  one  who  has  no  settled 
  habitation;  an  idle  wanderer;  a  sturdy  beggar;  an 
  incorrigible  rogue;  a  vagabond. 
 
  Vagrants  and  outlaws  shall  offend  thy  view.  --Prior. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vagrant 
  adj  :  continually  changing  especially  as  from  one  abode  or 
  occupation  to  another;  "a  drifting  double-dealer";  "the 
  floating  population";  "vagrant  hippies  of  the  sixties" 
  [syn:  {aimless},  {drifting},  {floating},  {vagabond}] 
  n  :  a  wanderer  who  has  no  established  residence  or  visible  means 
  of  support  [syn:  {drifter}]




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