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What (who) is vagrant - definition

LONG-TERM HOMELESS PERSON
Tramps; Clochard
  • How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890)]]'', by [[Jacob Riis]]
  • A romanticized tramp depicted in an 1899 U.S. poster

vagrant         
CONDITION OF HOMELESSNESS WITHOUT REGULAR EMPLOYMENT OR INCOME
Rogue (person); Vagabond (person); Vagabonds; Vagrancy (lifestyle); Vagabond; Rogue (vagrant); Vagrants; Drifter (person); Ne'er-do-wells; No visible means of support; Roguery; Vagrant; Vagrancy laws; Vagabondage; Vagrancy law; Vagrancy (people); Roberdsman
(vagrants)
A vagrant is someone who moves a lot from place to place because they have no permanent home or job, and have to ask for or steal things in order to live.
He lived on the street as a vagrant.
= tramp
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vagrant         
CONDITION OF HOMELESSNESS WITHOUT REGULAR EMPLOYMENT OR INCOME
Rogue (person); Vagabond (person); Vagabonds; Vagrancy (lifestyle); Vagabond; Rogue (vagrant); Vagrants; Drifter (person); Ne'er-do-wells; No visible means of support; Roguery; Vagrant; Vagrancy laws; Vagabondage; Vagrancy law; Vagrancy (people); Roberdsman
I. n.
Idle wanderer, sturdy beggar, vagabond.
II. a.
Strolling, wandering, roving, roaming, unsettled, nomadic, itinerant.
Vagrant         
CONDITION OF HOMELESSNESS WITHOUT REGULAR EMPLOYMENT OR INCOME
Rogue (person); Vagabond (person); Vagabonds; Vagrancy (lifestyle); Vagabond; Rogue (vagrant); Vagrants; Drifter (person); Ne'er-do-wells; No visible means of support; Roguery; Vagrant; Vagrancy laws; Vagabondage; Vagrancy law; Vagrancy (people); Roberdsman
·adj Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.
II. Vagrant ·adj Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as, a vagrant beggar.
III. Vagrant ·noun One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond.

Wikipedia

Tramp

A tramp is a long-term homeless person who travels from place to place as a vagrant, traditionally walking all year round.

Examples of use of vagrant
1. We never found such things in the common lodging house devoted to the vagrant English.
2. The interior minister can appoint a treasurer to track every vagrant municipality and block unbudgeted expenses.
3. Sound waves "Dusk and Summer" (Vagrant), the latest by Dashboard Confessional, comes out Tuesday.
4. About the same time, another Asian vagrant, the Common Rosefinch, made an appearance.
5. Kilmer, who portrays the hunky, homicidal vagrant in "The Postman Always Rings Twice"; and Mr.