what does vagabond mean?
VAGABOND as NOUN
- Meaning
- anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
Usage Example(s)
- pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea
Hypernyms(s) vagabond is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
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Hypernyms(s) vagabond is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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VAGABOND as VERB
- Meaning
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
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Usage Example(s)
- 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 ro
Hypernyms(s) vagabond is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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VAGABOND as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
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Usage Example(s)
- a drifting double-dealer
- the floating population
- vagrant hippies of the sixties
Similar To
- Meaning
- wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- led a vagabond life
- a rootless wanderer
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