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Definitions for Vagrant

[1] a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment; vagabond; tramp.
[2] Law . an idle person without visible means of support, as a tramp or beggar.
[3] a person who wanders from place to place; wanderer; rover.
[4] wandering idly without a permanent home or employment; living in vagabondage: vagrant beggars.
[5] of, relating to, or characteristic of a vagrant: the vagrant life.
[6] wandering or roaming from place to place; nomadic.
[7] (of plants) straggling in growth.
[8] not fixed or settled, especially in course; moving hither and thither: a vagrant leaf blown by the wind.
[9] a person of no settled abode, income, or job; tramp
[10] a migratory animal that is off course
[11] wandering about; nomadic
[12] of, relating to, or characteristic of a vagrant or vagabond
[13] moving in an erratic fashion, without aim or purpose; wayward
[14] (of plants) showing uncontrolled or straggling growth

Words related to Vagrant

transient, itinerant, wanderer, drifter, floater

Words nearby Vagrant

vagotomy, vagotonia, vagotropic, vagovagal, vagrancy, vagrant, vagrant's disease, vagrom, vague, vagus, vagus nerve

Origin of Vagrant

1400–50; late Middle English vagaraunt, apparently present participle of Anglo-French *vagrer, perhaps < Middle English *vagren, blend of vagen (< Latin vagārī to wander) and *walcren (> Old French wa(u)crer ), equivalent to walc- (see walk) + -r- frequentative suffix + -en infinitive suffix

Other words from Vagrant

va·grant·ly , adverb
va·grant·ness , noun
non·va·grant , adjective
non·va·grant·ly , adverb
non·va·grant·ness , noun
un·va·grant , adjective
un·va·grant·ly , adverb
un·va·grant·ness , noun

Word origin for Vagrant

C15: probably from Old French waucrant (from wancrer to roam, of Germanic origin), but also influenced by Old French vagant vagabond, from Latin vagārī to wander

Synonyms for Vagrant

transient, drifter, floater, itinerant, wanderer, homeless person, rolling stone, street person