vagabond

Etymology

From Old French vagabond, from Late Latin vagābundus, from Latin vagari (“wander”).

noun

  1. A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
  2. One who usually wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood.
    Anoleis: You will excuse me if I don't stand up. Anoleis: I have no time to entertain spaceborn vagabonds. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Noveria

verb

  1. To roam, as a vagabond

adj

  1. Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
    Truly, the worships of the Mystery wandered as did men, and between filchings and borrowings the gods had as vagabond a time of it as did we. 1959, Jack London, The Star Rover

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