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Meaning of "vagrant" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VAGRANT

Probably from Old French waucrant (from wancrer to roam, of Germanic origin), but also influenced by Old French vagant vagabond, from Latin vagārī to wander.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF VAGRANT

ˈveɪɡrənt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VAGRANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vagrant can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES VAGRANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of vagrant in the English dictionary

The first definition of vagrant in the dictionary is a person of no settled abode, income, or job; tramp. Other definition of vagrant is a migratory animal that is off course. Vagrant is also wandering about; nomadic.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VAGRANT

apparent · conflagrant · current · different · durant · emigrant · flagrant · fragrant · immigrant · infragrant · inmigrant · integrant · migrant · nonimmigrant · nonmigrant · parent · torrent · transmigrant · transparent · vibrant

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VAGRANT

vaginectomies · vaginectomy · vaginismus · vaginitis · vaginosis · vaginula · vagitus · vagotomies · vagotomy · vagotonia · vagotonic · vagotropic · vagrancies · vagrancy · vagrom · vague · vaguely · vagueness · vagus · vagus nerve

WORDS THAT END LIKE VAGRANT

block grant · capitation grant · death grant · development grant · digital immigrant · economic migrant · equalization grant · five-star restaurant · grant · home improvement grant · illegal immigrant · improvement grant · investment grant · land grant · landed immigrant · maintenance grant · maternity grant · regrant · restaurant · student grant

Synonyms and antonyms of vagrant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VAGRANT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «vagrant» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «vagrant» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF VAGRANT

Find out the translation of vagrant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of vagrant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vagrant» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

无业游民
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

vagabundo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

vagrant
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

आवारा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المتشرد
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

бродяга
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

vagabundo
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ভবঘুরে
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

vagabond
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Vagrant
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Landstreicher
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

放浪者
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

방랑
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Nggoleki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người đi lang thang
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சுற்றி திரிபவர்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

भडकी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

serseri
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

vagabondo
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

włóczęga
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

бродяга
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

vagabond
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιπλανώμενο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rondloper
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lösdrivare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

omflakkende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vagrant

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VAGRANT»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of vagrant
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «vagrant».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vagrant

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VAGRANT»

Discover the use of vagrant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vagrant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hark! A Vagrant
Since Kate Beaton appeared on the comics scene in 2007 her cartoons have become fan favourites and gathered an enormous following, appearing in the New Yorker, Harper and the LA Times, to name but a few.
Kate Beaton, 2011
2
Wordsworth's Vagrant Muse: Poetry, Poverty, and Power
This book analyzes how a few key poems from Wordsworth's early years constitute a direct engagement with and intervention into the politics of poverty and reform that swept the social, political, and cultural landscape in England during the ...
Gary Lee Harrison, 1994
3
Creating Development Environments with Vagrant
This is a practical, hands-on guide that will help you set up and implement virtual development environments with Vagrant easily and effortlessly.
Michael Peacock, 2013
4
The Vagrant Mood
From Kant to Raymond Chandler; from the legend of Zurbaran to the art of the detective story; from Burke to Augustus Hare, Somerset Maugham brings his inimitable mastery of the incisive character sketch to the genre of literary criticism ...
W Somerset Maugham, 2011
5
Vagrant: Up and Running
If installing Vagrant isn't working as expected, you should double-check to make sure that you haven't made one ofthe following common mistakes. Improper PATH Configuration First, make sure vagrant is configured to be accessible from the ...
Mitchell Hashimoto, 2013
6
Vagrant Memories: Being Further Recollections of Other Days
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
William Winter, 2012
7
Vagrant Verse
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Charles Kinney, 2012
8
Vagrant Viator, by Verbosperegrinubiquitos
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Thomas Newton (Saddler ), 2012
9
Vagrant Viator. Erin Go Bragh [Verse] by ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Thomas Newton (Saddler ), 2012
10
Vagrant Verses and a Play
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
George Staunton Brodie, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VAGRANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vagrant is used in the context of the following news items.
1
De Blasio doesn't like bums lurking outside his house, either
A Post reporter who went undercover as a vagrant quickly got rousted near Mayor Bill de Blasio's residence on Wednesday by a cop who told him there was no ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
2
Red Hat Fedora 22 leaves beta to become a Vagrant
There are also Vagrant boxes for the Cloud edition and Atomic host, making it easier to spin up Fedora Vagrant boxes for development and testing. The server ... «Inquirer, May 15»
3
Riskbreaker – Vagrant Story 15 Years On
Today, May 15, marks the 15-year anniversary of Vagrant Story's release in America on the original PlayStation. It's not a watershed moment in video game ... «Game Informer, May 15»
4
Vagrant banned from downtown Athens harasses woman, fights her …
A vagrant banned from downtown Athens was locked up Friday morning after harassing a woman on East Clayton Street and fighting with her husband. A Clarke ... «Online Athens, May 15»
5
Mitchell Hashimoto follows up Vagrant with Vault key encryption
After creating the Vagrant devops tool, Mitchell Hashimoto has been anything but complacent. He's launched several projects, including the Atlas end-to-end ... «InfoWorld, Apr 15»
6
Review: Waters' sophomore album, 'What's Real,' is real good
This CD cover image released by Vagrant Records shows, "What's Real," by Waters. (AP Photo/Vagrant Records). Waters, "What's Real" (Vagrant Records). «Yahoo News UK, Apr 15»
7
Exclusive: Kate Beaton to follow 'Hark! A Vagrant' with 'Step Aside …
A Vagrant” and the wildly popular webcomic on which it is based, is announcing a follow-up to her bestselling debut. “Step Aside, Pops,” due out in September ... «Los Angeles Times, Jan 15»
8
Vagrant accused of raping unconscious woman at Greensborough …
Source: News Limited. A VAGRANT has allegedly raped a woman in full view of terrified onlookers at a Greensborough bus stop. The shocking alleged incident ... «Herald Sun, Dec 14»
9
A 25-Year-Old Coding Genius Was Making $500000 A Year In …
It also led him to create an open source tool called Vagrant, which would make him famous in the coding world by age 23. Vagrant would become the foundation ... «Business Insider, Dec 14»
10
Vagrant creator Hashimoto launches Atlas for multicloud devops
Once upon a time, back in his college dorm, Mitchell Hashimoto created Vagrant, a tool for making virtual development environments that's since become a ... «InfoWorld, Dec 14»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Vagrant [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/vagrant>. May 2024 ».
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