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   vagrancy
         n 1: the state of wandering from place to place; having no
               permanent home or means of livelihood

English Dictionary: vagrant by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vagrant
adj
  1. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
    Synonym(s): aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant
n
  1. a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
    Synonym(s): vagrant, drifter, floater, vagabond
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vicereine
n
  1. wife of a viceroy
  2. governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign
    Synonym(s): viceroy, vicereine
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blueberry \Blue"berry\, n. [Cf. {Blaeberry}.] (Bot.)
      The berry of several species of {Vaccinium}, an ericaceous
      genus, differing from the American huckleberries in
      containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets. The
      commonest species are {V. Pennsylvanicum} and {V. vacillans}.
      {V. corymbosum} is the tall blueberry.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vagrancy \Va"gran*cy\, n.
      The quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without
      a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism.
  
               Threatened away into banishment and vagrancy. --Barrow.

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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vagrantly \Va"grant*ly\, adv.
      In a vagrant manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vagrantness \Va"grant*ness\, n.
      State of being vagrant; vagrancy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vicarian \Vi*ca"ri*an\, n.
      A vicar. [Obs.] --Marston.
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