vagabond
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French vagabond, from Late Latin vagābundus, from Latin vagari (“wander”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vagabond (plural vagabonds)
- A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
- One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a hobo.
- (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Genesis iv. 12
- A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be.
- (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Genesis iv. 12
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Translations[edit]
a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time
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a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person
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Verb[edit]
vagabond (third-person singular simple present vagabonds, present participle vagabonding, simple past and past participle vagabonded)
- To roam, as a vagabond
Translations[edit]
to roam as a vagabond
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Adjective[edit]
vagabond (not comparable)
- Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
- To heaven their prayers / Flew up, nor missed the way, by envious winds / Blown vagabond or frustrate.
- 1959, Jack London, The Star Rover
- 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.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin vagābundus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
vagabond (feminine singular vagabonde, masculine plural vagabonds, feminine plural vagabondes)
Noun[edit]
vagabond m (plural vagabonds, feminine vagabonde)
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Further reading[edit]
- “vagabond” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
vagabond m (plural vagabonzi)
- tramp, (a homeless person)
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