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Definition of: vagrant
(vā′grənt) noun
1. A person without a settled home; an idle wanderer; vagabond; tramp.
2. A roving person; wanderer.
—adjective
1. Wandering about as a vagrant.
2. Pertaining to one who or that which wanders; nomadic.
3. Having a wandering course; capricious; wayward. [ME vagaraunt, alter. of AF wakerant <OF wacrant, ppr. of wacrer walk, wander <Gmc; infl. in form by L vagari wander]
—va′grant·ly adverb
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