Vagrant
noun
A person without a settled home or regular work, wandering from place to place.
The city has noticed an increased number of vagrants sleeping in the park.
Often appears as...
- city vagrant
- local vagrant
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Moving around a lot and not staying in one place.
They lived a vagrant lifestyle, moving from city to city.
Often appears as...
- vagrant lifestyle
- vagrant population
noun
A person who commits the crime of vagrancy (homeless and committing crime).
The man was arrested on charges of being a vagrant
Often appears as...
- arrested for vagrant
- vagrant charges
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Technical
noun
A person without a settled home or regular work, wandering from place to place.
The city has noticed an increased number of vagrants sleeping in the park.
Often appears as...
- city vagrant
- local vagrant
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Moving around a lot and not staying in one place.
They lived a vagrant lifestyle, moving from city to city.
Often appears as...
- vagrant lifestyle
- vagrant population
noun
A person who commits the crime of vagrancy (homeless and committing crime).
The man was arrested on charges of being a vagrant
Often appears as...
- arrested for vagrant
- vagrant charges
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Social Stigma
The term can carry a negative judgement, implying a lack of contribution to society.
Residents complained about vagrants disrupting the neighborhood.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Voluntary
Being a vagrant is often not a choice, so the term can evoke sympathy.
The economic crisis has forced many into a vagrant way of life.
Pro Tip 3/3No Fixed Address
A vagrant typically lacks a fixed, permanent address or home.
The job application form was difficult for a vagrant to fill out.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Stigma
The term can carry a negative judgement, implying a lack of contribution to society.
Residents complained about vagrants disrupting the neighborhood.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Voluntary
Being a vagrant is often not a choice, so the term can evoke sympathy.
The economic crisis has forced many into a vagrant way of life.
Pro Tip 3/3No Fixed Address
A vagrant typically lacks a fixed, permanent address or home.
The job application form was difficult for a vagrant to fill out.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Stigma
The term can carry a negative judgement, implying a lack of contribution to society.
Residents complained about vagrants disrupting the neighborhood.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Voluntary
Being a vagrant is often not a choice, so the term can evoke sympathy.
The economic crisis has forced many into a vagrant way of life.
Pro Tip 3/3No Fixed Address
A vagrant typically lacks a fixed, permanent address or home.
The job application form was difficult for a vagrant to fill out.
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great it's so fantastic to have all of this because it helps I was very keen to get away from the sort of sanitized look that a lot of the Christ's films had had in the past with kind of white robes and I mean almost glowing yeah and I thought these people were kind of vagrants
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Combating corruption in...
alongside their babies and small children sumter being idle for being vagabonds or vagrants later I visited South Sudan I heard there that some women were sentenced to death for crimes committed by their husbands could escape from the police I heard a story of a
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A glimpse of life on the...
hitchhikers, vagrants and tramps. In most of our minds, the vagabond is a creature from the past. The word "hobo" conjures up an old black and white image of a weathered old man covered in coal, legs dangling out of a boxcar,
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Become a slam poet in...
like vagrants searching for home. He bends to his desk, he writes, "The snow goes black when the moon turns its eyes away, all paper is yellow, all letters spell eviction note, Mama's lies are footsteps
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The Costumes PIPE Killing...
great it's so fantastic to have all of this because it helps I was very keen to get away from the sort of sanitized look that a lot of the Christ's films had had in the past with kind of white robes and I mean almost glowing yeah and I thought these people were kind of vagrants
Video examples
Combating corruption in...
alongside their babies and small children sumter being idle for being vagabonds or vagrants later I visited South Sudan I heard there that some women were sentenced to death for crimes committed by their husbands could escape from the police I heard a story of a
Video examples
A glimpse of life on the...
hitchhikers, vagrants and tramps. In most of our minds, the vagabond is a creature from the past. The word "hobo" conjures up an old black and white image of a weathered old man covered in coal, legs dangling out of a boxcar,
Video examples
Become a slam poet in...
like vagrants searching for home. He bends to his desk, he writes, "The snow goes black when the moon turns its eyes away, all paper is yellow, all letters spell eviction note, Mama's lies are footsteps
Example 1 of 4
Quote examples
William Godwin
English Writer
The mind of a child is no less vagrant than his steps; it pursues the gossamer and flies from object to object, lawless and unconfined, and it is equally necessary to the development of his frame that his thoughts and his body should be free from fetters.
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Casey Affleck
American Actor
I live in New York full time. I can't live in L.A., because I fear people think I'm a vagrant there. If you show up in L.A. with your shirt inside out or socks mismatched, people start putting change in your cup.
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Elmer Rice
American Playwright
Men and women of high professional standing have been reduced to the status of vagrants.
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Alex Kapranos
Scottish Musician
Traditionally, lots of vagrants and unemployable characters wind up working in kitchens.
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Ambrose Bierce
American Journalist
Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
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William Godwin
English Writer
The mind of a child is no less vagrant than his steps; it pursues the gossamer and flies from object to object, lawless and unconfined, and it is equally necessary to the development of his frame that his thoughts and his body should be free from fetters.
Quote examples
Casey Affleck
American Actor
I live in New York full time. I can't live in L.A., because I fear people think I'm a vagrant there. If you show up in L.A. with your shirt inside out or socks mismatched, people start putting change in your cup.
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Elmer Rice
American Playwright
Men and women of high professional standing have been reduced to the status of vagrants.
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Alex Kapranos
Scottish Musician
Traditionally, lots of vagrants and unemployable characters wind up working in kitchens.
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Ambrose Bierce
American Journalist
Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
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