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vagabond en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • văg'ə-band (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈvæ.ɡə.bɒnd/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈvæ.ɡə.bɑnd/ (Canada, General-American)
  • văg'ə-bŏnd (UK)

Etymology

From Old French vagabond, from Late Latin vagābundus, from Latin vagari (“wander”). Compare moribund.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
    • Truly, the worships of the Mystery wandered as did men, and between filchings and borrowings the gods had as vagabond a time of it as did we. 1959, Jack London, The Star Rover:
    • To heaven their prayers / Flew up, nor missed the way, by envious winds / Blown vagabond or frustrate. 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

Translations (2)

el φερέοικος (Floating about) · bg скитнически (Floating about)

vagabond en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • văg'ə-band (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈvæ.ɡə.bɒnd/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈvæ.ɡə.bɑnd/ (Canada, General-American)
  • văg'ə-bŏnd (UK)

Etymology

From Old French vagabond, from Late Latin vagābundus, from Latin vagari (“wander”). Compare moribund.

Meanings

  1. A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
  2. One who usually wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood.
    • "Here is the beastly thing. 'Every person professing to tell fortunes or using any subtle craft, means or device to deceive and impose on any of His Majesty's subjects shall be deemed a rogue and a vagabond', and so on and so forth." 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
    • Anoleis: You will excuse me if I don't stand up. Anoleis: I have no time to entertain spaceborn vagabonds. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Noveria:
    • Foꝛ when thou tylleſt the grounde ſhe ſhall hẽcefoꝛth not geve hyꝛ power vnto the. A vagabunde and a rennagate ſhalt thou be vpon the erth. 1530 January 27 (Gregorian calendar), W[illiam] T[yndale], transl., [The Pentateuch] (Tyndale Bible), Malborow [Marburg], Hesse: […] Hans Luft [actually Antwerp: Johan Hoochstraten], →OCLC, Genesis iiij:[12], folio v, verso:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
vagabonds Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

vagabondish · vagabondism · vagabondry · vagabondise · vagabondical · vagabondismus · vagabondize

Hypernyms

person · rover · traveller

Hyponyms

street child · dimber damber · Children · gamin · sturdy beggar · solivagant · guttersnipe · gamine · street urchin · upright man

Relateds

idler · vague · beggar · extravagant · pauper

Synonyms

paker · scatterling · ranger · derelict · hobo · stiff · swaggie · bum · pike · nomad · down-and-out · palliard · tramp · vagabond · clochard · knight of the road · Jack out of doors · skelder · rolling stone · stumblebum · waif · down-and-outer · epithite · floater · vagrant · toerag · wanderer · drifter · rough sleeper · swagman · skell · gadling · truant · vagrant · landlouper · hobo · landloper · rogue · yagger · casual · landleaper · dero · stroller · piker

Translations (103)

mk ски́талец (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · sh tumaralo (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · sv vagabond (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · pl włóczykij (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · tr aylak (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · fi kulkuri (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · mk ски́тник (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · bg скитник (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · nl vagebond (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · ja 放浪者 (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · cy crwydryn (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · mk ски́тник (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · es vagabundo (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · bg бездо́мник (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · cop ⲥⲁⲣⲁⲕⲱϯ (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · da vagabond (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · da landevejsridder (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · ru стра́нник (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · hu vándor (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · vo higliban (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · pl włóczęga (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · nrf vacâbond (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · la planus (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · bg ски́тник (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · hu csavargó (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · ja 風来坊 (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · bg клоша́р (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · nv naʼałjidí (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · sh lutalica (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · cmn 浪人 (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · uk бродяга (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · fi kulkuri (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · sv landstrykare (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · de Vagabund (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · ru стра́нница (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · de Landstreicherin (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · la errō (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · te జులాయి (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · pt vagabundo (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · pt andarilho (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · ro vagabond (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · is umrenningur (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · vo jigliban (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · ka მაწანწალა (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · de Vagabund (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · fi irtolainen (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · grc ἀλήτης (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · fi asunnoton (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · de Landstreicher (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · sv luffare (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · dsb dundak (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · hi आवारा (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · de Landstreicherin (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · ru скита́лец (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · uk волоцюга (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · sq fatndjekës (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · pl włóczęga (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · fr vagabond (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · de Landstreicher (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · sh vagabund (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · da landevejsridder (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · eo vagabondo (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · pl wagabunda (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · id tunawisma (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · cmn 流浪漢 /流浪汉 (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · fr vagabond (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · nl zwerver (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · da vagabond (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · ro vagabond (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · cs tulák (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · sh skitnica (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · tr başıboş (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · crh bıralqı (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · tr avare (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · ka მაწანწალა (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · dsb dundak (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · fa ولگرد (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · mi tipiwhenua (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · nl vagebond (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · es vagabundo (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · mi kōripi (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · nl zwerver (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · ru бомж (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · ka მოხეტიალე (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · cs vagabund (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · fr vagabonde (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · fi pummi (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · vo gliban (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · da landstryger (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · cy gŵr ar gylch (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · nrf paillard (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · id pengembara (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · is umrenningur (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · eo vagulo (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · bn ভ্যাগাবন্ড্ (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · mk бе́здомник (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · ru бродя́га (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · ja 風来坊 (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · fr vagabonde (a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time) · mi tipiwhenua (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · ka მოხეტიალე (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · ja 放浪者 (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person) · da stodder (a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person)

vagabond en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • văg'ə-band (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈvæ.ɡə.bɒnd/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈvæ.ɡə.bɑnd/ (Canada, General-American)
  • văg'ə-bŏnd (UK)

Etymology

From Old French vagabond, from Late Latin vagābundus, from Latin vagari (“wander”). Compare moribund.

Meanings

  1. To roam, as a vagabond

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
vagabonding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
vagabonds Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
vagabonded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
vagabonded Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (16)

ka წანწალი (to roam as a vagabond) · fi reissata (to roam as a vagabond) · bg безделнича (to roam as a vagabond) · sv ströva (to roam as a vagabond) · crh bıralqılamaq (to roam as a vagabond) · sv vagabondera (to roam as a vagabond) · ka ხეტიალი (to roam as a vagabond) · eo vagi (to roam as a vagabond) · de vagabundieren (to roam as a vagabond) · ro vagabonda (to roam as a vagabond) · ja 流浪する (to roam as a vagabond) · ja 放浪する (to roam as a vagabond) · mi tipiwhenua (to roam as a vagabond) · sv luffa (to roam as a vagabond) · ru скитаться (to roam as a vagabond) · bg скитам (to roam as a vagabond)