vagabond
/ˈvæ.ɡə.bɒnd/US/ˈvæ.ɡə.bɑnd/
vagabond noun: a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
Noun
vagabond (plural vagabonds)
- A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
- 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.
- 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...
- "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
Verb
vagabond (third-person singular simple present vagabonds, present participle vagabonding, simple past and past participle vagabonded)
- To roam, as a vagabond
Adjective
vagabond (not comparable)
- Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
- 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...
- 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
vagabond meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
vagabond in Hindi
- a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time
- आवारा āvārā
vagabond in Tamil
- அலைந்து திரி, ஊர் சுற்று, நாடோடி
vagabond in Urdu
- vagabond
- آوارہ āvāra
vagabond in Bengali
- a bum, a hobo, a tramp, a homeless person
- ভ্যাগাবন্ড্ bhêgabonḍ
More languagesFewer languages
- vagabond in Telugu
- జులాయి julāyi
- vagabond in Malayalam
- സ്ഥിരവാസസ്ഥലമില്ലാതെ അലഞ്ഞുതിരിയുന്നവൻ, തെണ്ടി, നാടോടി
- vagabond in Kannada
- ಅಲೆಮಾರಿ, ತಿರುಕ, ಉಂಡಾಡಿ, ಸ್ವೇಚ್ಛಾಚಾರಿ
- vagabond in Indonesian
- pengembara, tunawisma
- vagabond in Persian
- ولگرد velgard
Synonyms of vagabond
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Forms of vagabond
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | vagabonds |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | vagabonds |
| present participle | vagabonding |
| past participle | vagabonded |
| past | vagabonded |
Origin of vagabond
From Old French vagabond, from Late Latin vagābundus, from Latin vagari (“wander”). Compare moribund.
Words formed from vagabond
Questions about vagabond
- What does vagabond mean?
- Vagabond means a person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
- What is vagabond in Hindi?
- Vagabond in Hindi is आवारा (āvārā). See Vagabond meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vagabond?
- Vagabond can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce vagabond?
- Vagabond is pronounced /ˈvæ.ɡə.bɒnd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of vagabond?
- The plural of vagabond is vagabonds.
Words near vagabond in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vagabond (page history and authors); vagabond (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); آوارہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); vagabond (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vagabond (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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