vagrant

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈveɪɡɹənt/ Rhymes: -eɪɡɹənt Hyphenation: va‧grant === Etymology 1 === From Late Middle English vagraunt (“person without proper employment; person without a fixed abode, tramp, vagabond”) [and other forms], probably from Anglo-Norman vagarant, wakerant, waucrant (“vagrant”) [and other forms] and Old French walcrant, waucrant (“roaming, wandering”) [and other forms], perhaps influenced by Latin vagārī, the present active infinitive of vagor (“to ramble, stroll about; to roam, rove, wander”). Old French walcrant is the present participle of vagrer, wacrer, walcrer (“to wander, wander about as a vagabond”) [and other forms], from Frankish *walkrōn (“to wander about”), the frequentative form of *walkōn (“to walk; to wander; to stomp, trample; to full (make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing)”), from Proto-Germanic *walkōną (“to roll about, wallow; to full”), *walkaną (“to turn, wind; to toss; to roll, roll about; to wend; to walk; to wander; to trample; to full”), from Proto-Indo-European *walg-, *walk-, *welgʰ-, *welk-, *wolg- (“to turn, twist; to move”), ultimately from *welH- (“to turn; to wind”). The English word is cognate with Latin valgus (“bandy-legged, bow-legged”), Middle Dutch walken (“to knead; to full”), Old English wealcan (“to roll”), ġewealcan (“to go; to walk about”), Old High German walchan, walkan (“to move up and down; to press together; to full; to walk; to wander”), Old Norse valka (“to wander”). See further at walk. ==== Noun ==== vagrant (plural vagrants) (dated) A person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer. Synonyms: itinerant, rover; see also Thesaurus:wanderer (specifically) A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond. Synonyms: drifter, hobo; see also Thesaurus:vagabond Any of species Vagrans egista of widely distributed Asian butteflies of the family Nymphalidae. (biology, especially ornithology) An animal, typically a bird, found outside its species' usual range. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== vagary vagation ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English vagraunt, vagaraunt (“having no proper employment; having a tendency to go astray or wander; wayward”), from Anglo-Norman vagarant, wakerant, waucrant (“vagrant”) and Old French walcrant, waucrant (“roaming, wandering”); see further at etymology 1. ==== Adjective ==== vagrant (comparative more vagrant, superlative most vagrant) Wandering from place to place, particularly when without any settled employment or habitation. Synonyms: itinerant, nomadic, peripatetic, vagabond, (obsolete) vagrom, vague Of or pertaining to a vagabond or vagrant, or a person fond of wandering. (figurative) Moving without a certain direction; roving, wandering; also, erratic, unsettled. Synonyms: inconstant, straggling, straying, vagabond, (obsolete) vagrom, vague, wayward ===== Translations ===== === Notes === === References === === Further reading === vagrancy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia