vagrant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
    floater; vagabond; drifter.
  2. adjective satellite continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
    vagabond; floating; aimless; drifting.
    • a drifting double-dealer
    • the floating population
    • vagrant hippies of the sixties

WordNet

Va"grant adjective
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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.
Va"grant noun
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913