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vagabond

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++vag·a·bond /ˈvæɡəbɒnd $ -bɑːnd/ noun [countable] especially literary  HOMEsomeone who has no home and travels from place to place 流浪者,漂泊者 SYN tramp
Examples from the Corpus
vagabondFor the next three decades she lived the life of a vagabond, moving restlessly from one city to another.A vagabond, he found women to drink with and sleep with.These orphans and vagabonds were just one group among many that were virtually lawless in the disturbed countryside.Proper little rogue and vagabond, was our Walter.I uphold the law of this realm - and the law states quite clearly that vagrants are rogues and vagabonds.Quinn had passed it many times before, and he was familiar with the winos and vagabonds who hung around the place.All stateless individuals are presumed to be lawless vagabonds.These young vagabonds were cash-poor but experience-rich, and they seemed to be having the times of their lives.
Origin vagabond (1400-1500) Old French Latin vagabundus, from vagari to wander
vag·a·bond nounChineseSyllable
travels someone place and has who no home from Corpus


vagabond
vagabond /ˈvæɡəbɒnd $ -bɑːnd/ noun [countable] especially literary
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Old French
 Origin: Latin vagabundus, from vagari 'to wander'
someone who has no home and travels from place to place
   SYN  tramp


vaga·bondBrE /ˈvæɡəbɒnd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈvæɡəbɑːnd/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned, disapproving) a person who has no home or job and who travels from place to place 流浪汉;无业游民;漂泊者