vagabond

vag·a·bond

V0004900 (văg′ə-bŏnd′)n. A person who moves from place to place without a permanent home and often without a regular means of support.adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a vagabond.intr.v. vag·a·bond·ed, vag·a·bond·ing, vag·a·bonds To wander or travel about, especially as a vagabond.

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[Middle English vagabonde, from Old French vagabond, from Late Latin vagābundus, wandering, from Latin vagārī, to wander, from vagus, wandering.]

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vag′a·bond′age n.vag′a·bond′ism n.

vagabond

(ˈvæɡəˌbɒnd) n1. a person with no fixed home2. an idle wandering beggar or thief3. (modifier) of or like a vagabond; shiftless or idle[C15: from Latin vagābundus wandering, from vagārī to roam, from vagus vague] ˈvagaˌbondage n ˈvagaˌbondish adj ˈvagaˌbondism n

vag•a•bond

(ˈvæg əˌbɒnd)

adj. 1. wandering from place to place without any settled home; nomadic. 2. leading an unsettled or carefree life. 3. disreputable; worthless; shiftless. 4. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a vagabond. 5. having an uncertain or irregular course or direction: a vagabond voyage. n. 6. a person who wanders from place to place; nomad. 7. an idle wanderer without a permanent home or visible means of support; tramp; vagrant. 8. a carefree, worthless, or irresponsible person; rogue. [1400–50; < Late Latin vagābundus < Latin vagā(rī) to wander + -bundus adj. suffix]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vagabond - anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place; "pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea"object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
	2.	vagabond - a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of supportdrifter, vagrant, floaterbeachcomber - a vagrant living on a beachhave-not, poor person - a person with few or no possessionssundowner - a tramp who habitually arrives at sundownhobo, tramp, bum - a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"bird of passage, roamer, rover, wanderer - someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
Verb	1.	vagabond - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"rove, stray, roam, wander, swan, ramble, range, drift, tramp, cast, rollgo, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"maunder - wander aimlesslygad, gallivant, jazz around - wander aimlessly in search of pleasuredrift, err, stray - wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"wander - go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"
Adj.	1.	vagabond - wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community; "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer"rootlessunsettled - not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle"
	2.	vagabond - continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"drifting, vagrant, aimless, floatingunsettled - not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle"

vagabond

noun1. tramp, bum (informal), drifter, vagrant, migrant, rolling stone, wanderer, beggar, outcast, rover, nomad, itinerant, down-and-out, hobo (U.S.), bag lady (chiefly U.S.), wayfarer, dosser (Brit. slang), knight of the road, person of no fixed address He had lived as a vagabond, begging for food.adjective1. vagrant, drifting, wandering, homeless, journeying, unsettled, roaming, idle, roving, nomadic, destitute, itinerant, down and out, rootless, footloose, fly-by-night (informal), shiftless his impoverished, vagabond existence

vagabond

adjectiveLeading the life of a person without a fixed domicile; moving from place to place:itinerant, nomadic, peripatetic, vagrant.

Translations

流浪者游手好闲者

vagabond

(ˈvӕgəbond) noun an old word for a person having no settled home, or roving from place to place, especially in an idle or disreputable manner. rogues and vagabonds. 流浪漢 流浪者，游手好闲者