VAGRANT


Meaning of VAGRANT in English

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.