English-Thai Dictionary

vagrant

ADJ จรจัด  เร่ร่อน  พเนจร  ระเหเร่ร่อน  vagabond homeless stray jon-jad

 

vagrant

N คนจรจัด  คนพเนจร  คน เร่ร่อน  bum drifter tramp vagabond gentleman toiler workman kon-jon-jad

 

vagrantly

ADV อย่าง ร่อนเร่  yang–ron-re

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VAGRANT

a.[L. vagor.] 1. Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as a vagrant beggar.
2. Wandering; unsettled; moving without any certain direction.
That beauteous Emma vagrant courses took.

 

VAGRANT

n.An idle wanderer; a vagabond; one who strolls from place to place; a sturdy beggar; one who has no settled habitation, or who does not abide in it. Vagrants and outlaws shall offend thy view.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VAGRANT

Va "grant, a. Etym: [Probably fr. OF. waucrant, wacrant, p. p. of waucrer, wacrer, walcrer, to wander (probably of Teutonic origin ), but influenced by F. vagant, p. pr. of vaguer to stray, L. vagari. Cf. Vagary. ]

 

1. Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled. That beauteous Emma vagrant courses took. Prior. While leading this vagrant and miserable life, Johnson fell in live. Macaulay.

 

2. Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as, a vagrant beggar.

 

VAGRANT

VAGRANT Va "grant, n.

 

Defn: One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond. Vagrants and outlaws shall offend thy view. Prior.

 

VAGRANTLY

VAGRANTLY Va "grant *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a vagrant manner.

 

VAGRANTNESS

VAGRANTNESS Va "grant *ness, n.

 

Defn: State of being vagrant; vagrancy.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

vagrant

va grant |ˈvāgrənt ˈveɪɡrənt | ▶noun a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging. • archaic a wanderer. • Ornithology a bird that has strayed or been blown from its usual range or migratory route. Also called accidental. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] characteristic of, relating to, or living the life of a vagrant: vagrant beggars. • moving from place to place; wandering: vagrant whales. • literary moving or occurring unpredictably; inconstant: the vagrant heart of my mother. DERIVATIVES va grant ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French vagarant ‘wandering around, ’ from the verb vagrer.

 

Oxford Dictionary

vagrant

vagrant |ˈveɪgr (ə )nt | ▶noun a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging. • archaic a wanderer. • Ornithology a bird that has strayed or been blown from its usual range or migratory route. Also called accidental. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] relating to or living the life of a vagrant: vagrant beggars. • moving from place to place; wandering: vagrant whales. • literary moving or behaving unpredictably; inconstant: the vagrant heart of my mother. DERIVATIVES vagrantly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French vagarant ‘wandering about ’, from the verb vagrer.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

vagrant

vagrant noun a temporary home for vagrants: street person, homeless person, tramp, hobo, drifter, down-and-out, derelict, beggar; itinerant, wanderer, nomad, traveler, vagabond, transient; informal bag lady, bum; literary wayfarer. ▶adjective vagrant beggars: homeless, drifting, transient, roving, roaming, itinerant, wandering, nomadic, traveling, vagabond, rootless, of no fixed address /abode; archaic errant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

vagrant

vagrant noun the old car was a welcome shelter for the occasional vagrant: tramp, drifter, down-and-out, derelict, beggar, itinerant, wanderer, nomad, wayfarer, traveller, gypsy, rover, vagabond, transient, migrant, homeless person, beachcomber, person of no fixed address /abode, knight of the road, bird of passage, rolling stone; N. Amer. hobo; Austral. bagman, knockabout, overlander, sundowner, whaler; informal bag lady; N. Amer. informal bum, bindlestiff; S. African informal outie; Austral. /NZ informal derro. ▶adjective the Council provides facilities for vagrant alcoholics: homeless, drifting, transient, roving, roaming, floating, unsettled, footloose, itinerant, wandering, nomadic, travelling, ambulatory, mobile, on the move, journeying, rambling, touring, vagabond, migrant, migrating, migratory, rootless; of no fixed address /abode; archaic errant.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

vagrant

va grant /véɪɡr (ə )nt /名詞 C 1 浮浪者, 放浪者 .2 (生活手段のない )住所不定者 .形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗1 放浪 [流浪 ]する, さすらう .2 ｟文 ｠気まぐれな 〈考えなど 〉.