8. vagabond a carefree, worthless, or irresponsible person; rogue.
Etymology: (1400–50; < LL vagābundus < L vagā(rī) to wander +-bundus adj. suffix)
Definition of 'vagabond'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)vagabond anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place "pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea"
2. (adj)vagrant, drifter, floater, vagabond a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
3. (adj)rootless, vagabond wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer"
4. (verb)aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
5. (verb)roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond 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"
Definition of 'vagabond'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)vagabond moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering
2. (adj)vagabond floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro
3. (adj)vagabond being a vagabond; strolling and idle or vicious
4. (noun)vagabond one who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a tramp; hence, a worthless person; a rascal
5. (verb)vagabond to play the vagabond; to wander like a vagabond; to stroll
Sense: an old word for a person having no settled home, or roving from place to place, especially in an idle or disreputable manner rogues and vagabonds.