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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesvagabond
Pronunciation / Transliteration: vagabond
"Il a aidé un vagabond dans la rue."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging.
"The police moved the vagrant away from the entrance of the subway station."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English (as an adjective meaning 'wandering'): from Anglo-Norman French vagarant, present participle of vagarrer, ultimately from Latin vagari 'to stroll, roam'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Vagrant" is said worldwide
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vagabond
Transliteration: vagabond
"Il a aidé un vagabond dans la rue."
Landstreicher
Transliteration: Landstreicher
"Der Landstreicher suchte nach einem Schlafplatz für die Nacht."
vagabondo
Transliteration: vagabondo
"Il vagabondo chiedeva qualche moneta ai passanti."
vagabundo
Transliteration: vagabundo
"Varios vagabundos duermen en los bancos del parque."
vadio
Transliteration: vadio
"Ele vivia como um vadio pelas ruas da cidade."
घुमक्कड़
Transliteration: ghumakkad
"वह एक घुमक्कड़ की तरह जीवन बिता रहा था।"
流浪者
Transliteration: liúlàngzhě
"寒冬里，许多流浪者需要庇护所。"
방랑자
Transliteration: bangrangja
"그는 도시를 떠도는 방랑자였다."
浮浪者
Transliteration: furōsha
"公園で浮浪者がベンチに座っていた。"
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