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Meanings of vagabond in English

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Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another.

        Related terms
        Portuguese
        mendigo
        Catalan
        vagabund

        A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support.

              mendigo
              Portuguese
              vadiar
              Catalan
              vagar
              Spanish
              deambular

              Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.

                  vadiar

                  A person abandoned by society, esp. a person without a permanent home and means of support.

                        Usage of vagabond in English
                        1
                        I have a vagabond streak in my blood and it's in evidence.
                        A Girl of the Limberlost
                        2
                        Beverly laughed with keen enjoyment over the discomfiture of the shame-faced vagabond.
                        Beverly of Graustark
                        3
                        He stuck his hands in his pockets, and felt vagabond-like and reckless.
                        Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
                        4
                        You indulge in a gesture of annoyance, and call me a vagabond.
                        Led Astray and The Sphinx / Two Novellas In One Volume
                        5
                        Every kind of restraint was naturally intolerable to such a vagabond nature.
                        The Clique of Gold
                        6
                        It was brought, however, and the vagabond began to get into it.
                        Marie; a story of Russian love
                        7
                        For three years Oliver remained under the care of his vagabond teacher.
                        English Literature for Boys and Girls
                        8
                        Those vagabond soldiers are strutting about the streets with such insolent airs.
                        Dona Perfecta
                        9
                        He went downstairs pondering what could be done for the old vagabond.
                        The History of David Grieve
                        10
                        Against him there was only this poor vagabond from Nazareth-andthe Invisible.
                        King of the Jews: A story of Christ's last days on Earth
                        11
                        The vagabond had paid his penalty, but desired no more of earth.
                        Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Volume 2.
                        12
                        Why, Mademoiselle paused to talk with a vagabond, clad in a blouse.
                        Baron Trigault's Vengeance
                        13
                        She was, in fact, no better than a vagabond upon this earth.
                        Vanity Fair
                        14
                        The professional window shopper is a vagabond at heart- aloitererby nature.
                        Vignettes of San Francisco
                        15
                        I want you to stop calling me a rascal and a vagabond.
                        The Young Bridge-Tender; or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle
                        16
                        Even then his thought was clean, no vagabond sensuality clouding his mind.
                        Wait until spring, bandini
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                        Translations for vagabond
                        Spanish
                        deambular
                        Vagabond through the time
                        Vagabond across language varieties
                        United Kingdom
                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Rare