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[ vag -uh -bond ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈvæg əˌbɒnd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective wandering from place to place without any settled home; nomadic: a vagabond tribe.
leading an unsettled or carefree life.
disreputable; worthless; shiftless.
of, relating to, or characteristic of a vagabond: vagabond habits.
having an uncertain or irregular course or direction: a vagabond voyage.
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun a person, usually without a permanent home, who wanders from place to place; nomad.
an idle wanderer without a permanent home or visible means of support; tramp; vagrant.
a carefree, worthless, or irresponsible person; rogue.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of vagabond First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English vagabound (from Old French vagabond ), from Late Latin vagābundus “wandering, vagrant,” equivalent to Latin vagā(rī) “to wander” + -bundus adjective suffix
SYNONYMS FOR vagabond 7 hobo, loafer.
8 knave, idler.
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synonym study for vagabond 7 . See vagrant.
OTHER WORDS FROM vagabond vag·a·bond·ish, adjective Words nearby vagabond vadose zone, Vadsö, Vaduz, vae victis, vag, vagabond , vagabondage, vagabond's disease, vagal, vagal attack, vagal block
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Example sentences from the Web for vagabond The century-old club sandwich had a pretty good run, and it was a favorite snack of voyagers and vagabond s since its beginning.
Long Live the Room-Service Club Sandwich | Rafael Tonon| October 9, 2020| Eater
Llewyn Davis is a troubadour and vagabond , one who happens to be in grief.
‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ Star Oscar Isaac Is About to Be a Very Big Deal | Kevin Fallon| December 5, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Vagabond , errand-boy, vagabond , labourer, porter, clerk, chief manager, small partner, Josiah Bounderby of Coketown.
David's Bookclub: Hard Times | David Frum| September 24, 2012| DAILY BEAST
“Sarah Palin is a true believer,” Bess told me over coffee at Vagabond Blues, a café 20 miles from Wasilla in the town of Palmer.
Inside Sarah's Church | Max Blumenthal| September 5, 2009| DAILY BEAST
With other vagabond wanderers, the Frenchman had evidently been rummaging old Nor'-West vaults.
Lords of the North | A. C. Laut
No, little Perrine was not a thief, nor a beggar, nor a vagabond .
Nobody's Girl | Hector Malot
It must have been a vagabond robin swaggering there, really deriding nests, he found so much leisure to sing about them.
What, send that vagabond to the carriage to ferret about there!
The Poor Plutocrats | Maurus Jkai
Down past the terminal and out the Suburban track, bedraggled and undaunted, stalks the vagabond along the way of knowledge.
The Best Short Stories of 1919 | Various
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British Dictionary definitions for vagabond noun a person with no fixed home
an idle wandering beggar or thief
(modifier) of or like a vagabond; shiftless or idle
Derived forms of vagabond vagabondage , noun vagabondish , adjective vagabondism , noun Word Origin for vagabond C15: from Latin vagābundus wandering, from vagārī to roam, from vagus vague
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Words related to vagabond wanderer, stray, fly-by-night, rambling, itinerant, down-and-out, mendicant, unsettled, peripatetic, transient, moving, wayfaring, roaming, roving, wandering, idle, prodigal, strolling, journeying, travelling