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vagrant

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++va·grant /ˈveɪɡrənt/ noun [countable] formal  HOMEsomeone who has no home or work, especially someone who begs 流浪者〔尤指乞丐〕 SYN tramp
Examples from the Corpus
vagrantCity authorities are planning a campaign to get an estimated 300,000 vagrants off the streets.Then jealousy and anxiety moved in and squatted like diseased vagrants.Our charity provides shelter, meals, and clothing for vagrants.The number of vagrants is increasing because of the lack of affordable accommodation for rent in the capital.Today's vagrants, squatting under railway arches and in shop doorways, are not regarded as having strayed from anywhere.The Experience has reinvigorated downtown Las Vegas, for years the habitat of the serious gambler and the serious vagrant.I leave the refundable soda-bottle on the bench to make it a little easier for the vagrants.He also made a special study of the outcasts, the waifs and strays of industrial society the vagrants and the idiots.We vagrants have to seem strong when we may feel weak.
Origin vagrant (1400-1500) Probably from Old French, present participle of wacrer to roll, wander
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vagrant
vagrant /ˈveɪɡrənt/ noun [countable] formal
 Date: 1400-1500
 Origin: Probably from Old French, present participle of wacrer 'to roll, wander'
someone who has no home or work, especially someone who begs
   SYN  tramp


va·grantBrE /ˈveɪɡrənt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈveɪɡrənt/ 🔊 noun (formal or law 法律) a person who has no home or job, especially one who begs(= asks for money) from people 无业游民;流浪者;(尤指)乞丐 va·grant adjective [only before noun]