n. & adj.
--n.
1. a person without a settled home or regular work.
2 a wanderer or vagabond.
--adj.
1. wandering or roving (a vagrant musician).
2 being a vagrant.
Derivatives:
vagrancy n. vagrantly adv.
Etymology: ME f. AF vag(a)raunt, perh. alt. f. AF wakerant etc. by assoc. with L vagari wander