vagrant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vagrant	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant n a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support Synonym(s): vagrant, drifter, floater, vagabond
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.