/
ˈveɪgr(ə)nt/
n.
- a person without a home or job.
▸archaic a wanderer.
- Ornithology a bird that has strayed from its usual range or migratory route.
adj.
relating to or living like a vagrant; wandering.
▸literary unpredictable or inconstant.
Derivative
- vagrancy n.
- vagrantly adv.
Etymology
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. vagarant ‘wandering about’, from vagrer.
