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Adjective: vagabond  'va-gu,bónd
  1. Wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community
    "led a vagabond life";
    - rootless
     
  2. Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
    "a vagabond double-dealer";
    - aimless, drifting, floating, vagrant
Noun: vagabond  'va-gu,bónd
  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
    - vagrant, drifter, floater, clochard
Verb: vagabond  'va-gu,bónd
Usage: archaic
  1. Move about aimlessly or without any fixed destination
    "roving vagabonds";
    - roll, wander, swan [informal], stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift

Derived forms: vagabonding, vagabonded, vagabonds

See also: unsettled

Type of: article, bird of passage, go, have-not, locomote, move, object, physical object, poor person, roamer, rover, travel, wanderer

Encyclopedia: Vagabond