Noun: hobo (hoboes,hobos) how-bow
Usage: N. Amer, informal
Usage: N. Amer, informal
- A worker who moves around and works temporarily in different places
"hoboes followed the harvest from state to state";
- migrant worker, bindlestiff [US], skell [US, informal]
- A homeless person or vagrant
"a homeless hobo";
- tramp, bum [N. Amer, informal], bindlestiff [US], skell [US, informal]
Derived forms: hobos, hoboes
Type of: casual [Brit], casual worker, clochard, drifter, floater, temp [informal], temporary, temporary worker, vag [Austral, informal], vagabond, vagrant
Encyclopedia: Hobo, Huila