vagabond meaning and definition

VAGABOND noun

Definition of vagabond (noun)

1. anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
   • "pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea"
2. a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
   • synonyms: drifter, floater, vagrant

VAGABOND verb

Definition of vagabond (verb)

1. 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"; "They rolled from town to town"
   • synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, wander

VAGABOND adjective

Definition of vagabond (adjective)

1. wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community
   • "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer"
   • synonyms: rootless
2. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
   • "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
   • synonyms: aimless, drifting, floating, vagrant