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vagabone

vagabone is the archaic form of vagabond.

Meaning of vagabond

Noun

vagabond (plural vagabonds)

  1. A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
  2. 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...
    Synonyms:
    vagrant, hobo

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Forms of vagabone

pluralvagabones

Questions about vagabone

What is vagabone the archaic form of?
Vagabone is the archaic form of vagabond.

Words near vagabone in the dictionary

  1. vagabondizes
  2. vagabondizing
  3. vagabondries
  4. vagabondry
  5. vagabonds
  6. vagabone
  7. vagabones
  8. vagacial
  9. vagacials
  10. vagal
  11. vagally

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