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Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.

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  1. a. Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.
  2. a. Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as, a vagrant beggar.
  3. n. One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond.
  4. adj. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
  5. n. a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
  6. 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. 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.
  7. One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settledhabitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue;a vagabond.Vagrants and outlaws shall offend thy view. Prior.
  8. j:27/n:73 n. a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support