noun. anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea |
noun. a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support |
verb. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment The gypsies roamed the woods|roving vagabonds|the wandering Jew|The cattle roam across the prairie|the laborers drift from one town to the next|They rolled from town to town Synonym: wander, tramp, swan, stray, rove, roll, roam, range, ramble, drift, cast |
adj. wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community led a vagabond life|a rootless wanderer |
adj. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another a drifting double-dealer|the floating population|vagrant hippies of the sixties |
