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va·grant [ váygrənt ]

noun (plural va·grants)

Definition:

1. homeless wanderer: a wanderer who has no permanent place to live

2. wanderer: somebody who never stays in one place for long

3. law somebody illegally living on streets: somebody guilty of the legal offense of living on the streets and, in some jurisdictions, begging

adjective

Definition:

1. homeless: wandering from one place to another and having no permanent place to live

2. wandering: never staying in one place for long

3. wayward: wayward or capricious in nature

4. random: acting or done in a random way

a vagrant breeze

[15th century. < Anglo-Norman varagarant]

va·gran·cy [ váygrənsee ] noun