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Definition vagrant

Etymology

From Middle English vagraunt (“wandering about”), from Anglo-Norman wakerant, wacrant, waucrant, walcrant (“vagrant”), Old French wacrant, waucrant (“wandering about”), present participle of wacrer, waucrer, walcrer (“to wander, wander about as a vagabond”), from Frankish *walkr?n (“to wander about”), frequentative form of *walk?n (“to walk, wander, trample, stomp, full”), from Proto-Germanic *walk?n?, *walkan? (“to twist, turn, roll about, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *walg-, *walk- (“to twist, turn, move”). Cognate with Old High German walchan, walkan (“to move up and down, press together, full, walk, wander”), Middle Dutch walken (“to knead, full”), Old English wealcan (“to roll”), Old English ?ewealcan (“to go, walk about”), Old Norse valka (“to wander”), Latin valgus (“bandy-legged, bow-legged”). More at walk.

Noun

vagrant (plural vagrants)

1. A person without a home; a wanderer.
2. (biology, especially ornithology) An animal, typically a bird, found outside its species’ usual range.
3. A widely-distributed Asian butterfly, Vagrans egista, family Nymphalidae.

Adjective

vagrant (comparative more vagrant, superlative most vagrant)

1. Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.
2. Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation.

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