vagrant

CEFRC1

/ˈveɪɡɹənt/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A person without a home who moves from place to place.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond.

Examples

  • If you meet a vagrant or a beggar, it's good to give them some money.

  • Every morning before work, I see that poor vagrant around the neighbourhood begging for food.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Synonyms
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any of species Vagrans egista of widely distributed Asian butteflies of the family Nymphalidae.

  2. A person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer.

  3. An animal, typically a bird, found outside its species' usual range.

More examples

In context

  • a vagrant beggar

  • While leading this vagrant and miserable life, Johnson fell in love.

  • I'll ply the fire with kindling / And pull the blankets to my chin / I'll lock the vagrant winter out / And I'll bolt my wandering in

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Late Middle English vagraunt (“person without proper employment; person without a fixed abode, tramp, vagabond”) [and other forms], probably from Anglo-Norman vagarant, wakerant, waucrant (“vagrant”) [and other forms] and Old French walcrant, waucrant (“roaming, wandering”) [and other forms], perhaps influenced by Latin vagārī, the present active infinitive of vagor (“to ramble, stroll about; to roam, rove, wander”). Old French walcrant is the present participle of vagrer, wacrer, walcrer (“to wander, wander about as a vagabond”) [and other forms], from Frankish *walkrōn (“to wander about”), the frequentative form of *walkōn (“to walk; to wander; to stomp, trample; to full (make cloth...