VAGABOND

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French vacabund, from Late Latin vagabundus, from Latin vagari to wander Date: 15th century moving from place to place without a fixed home ; wandering , 2. of, relating to, or characteristic of a wanderer, leading an unsettled, irresponsible, or disreputable life, ~ish adjective II. noun Date: 15th century one leading a ~ life, ~age noun ~ism noun III. intransitive verb Date: circa 1586 to wander in the manner of a ~ ; roam about