vagrants

Noun

vagrant (plural vagrants)

1. (dated) A person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer.

   Synonyms:

   itinerant, rover, ambler, flaneur, gadling, nomad, peregrinator, rambler, saunterer, straggler

2. (specifically) A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond.
   • Every morning before work, I see that poor vagrant around the neighbourhood begging for food.

   Synonyms:

   drifter, hobo, bum, stiff, casual, clochard, derelict, dero, down-and-out, down-and-outer

3. Any member of the species Vagrans egista of widely distributed Asian butteflies of the family Nymphalidae.
4. (especially) An animal, typically a bird, found outside its species' usual range.

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