vagrant

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From Middle English vagraunt (“‘wandering about’”), from Old French waucrant, wacrant (“‘wandering about’”), present participle of waucrer, wacrer, walcrer (“‘to wander’”) of Germanic origin akin to Old Norse valka (“‘to wander’”), Old English wealcan (“‘to roll’”), Old English gewealcan (“‘to go, walk about’”). More at walk.

Singular
vagrant

Plural
vagrants

vagrant (plural vagrants)

A person without a home or job.
- 2002, Jeffrey J. Rowland, WIGU: Day two begins
  
  Paisley: What smells like dinosaur crap?
  
  Mother: Your brother wants people to think we’re vagrants.
  
  Wigu: I stink.
A wanderer.

Every morning before work, I see that poor vagrant around the neighborhood begging for food.
(ornithology) A bird found outside its species’ usual range.

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