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Vagabond Very Common

Vagabond has 8 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
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

3

A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.

Verb
1

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"

2

To roam, as a vagabond

Adjective
1

wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community

"led a vagabond life"

"a rootless wanderer"

2

continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another

"a drifting double-dealer"

"the floating population"

"vagrant hippies of the sixties"

3

Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.

Example Sentences
"pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea" noun
"The gypsies roamed the woods" verb
"roving vagabonds" verb
"the wandering Jew" verb
"The cattle roam across the prairie" verb
"the laborers drift from one town to the next" verb
"They rolled from town to town" verb
"led a vagabond life" adjective
"a rootless wanderer" adjective
"a drifting double-dealer" adjective
See Also
bum ruffler vague extravagant vagabondish loller vagabondry hobo
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
object wanderer poor person travel
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
beachcomber sundowner tramp maunder gallivant
Rhyming Words
ond bond gond fond pond yond cond ycond trond khond frond ayond stond hoond brond blond grond almond esmond namond
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