Definitions for vagrantˈveɪ grənt

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

va•grantˈveɪ grənt(n.)

a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment; vagabond.
Law. an idle person without visible means of support, as a tramp or beggar.
Category: Law
a person who wanders from place to place; wanderer; rover.
(adj.)wandering or roaming from place to place.
of or characteristic of a vagrant.
wandering idly without a permanent home or employment:
vagrant beggars.
(of plants) straggling in growth.
not fixed or settled, esp. in course:
a vagrant leaf blown by the wind.

Origin of vagrant:

1400–50; late ME vagaraunt, appar. prp. of AF *vagrer, perh. < ME *vagren, b. vagen (< L vagārī to wander) and *walcren (> OF wa(u)crer), freq. der. of walk

va′grant•ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

vagrant, drifter, floater, vagabond(adj)
a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant(adj)
continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
"a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"

Wiktionary

vagrant(Noun)
A person without a home or job.
vagrant(Noun)
A wanderer.
Every morning before work, I see that poor vagrant around the neighborhood begging for food.
vagrant(Noun)
A bird found outside its speciesu2019 usual range.

Webster Dictionary

Vagrant(adj)
moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled
Vagrant(adj)
wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as, a vagrant beggar
Vagrant(noun)
one who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond