vagrant
Definitions
A person with no settled home or regular work, often living on the streets
流浪者，无业游民
Wandering; roving with no fixed course
流浪的，游移的，漂泊不定的
Root Breakdown
Native EnglishFrom vagārī (to wander) + -ant. A vagrant is one who wanders — but the noun picked up a legal and social weight: historically a homeless person with no fixed address, often treated as an offender. As a plain adjective it keeps the pure sense: a vagrant breeze, a vagrant glance.
Root vag still carries 9 more wordsExample Sentences
- 1.
The shelter offers a warm bed to any vagrant who needs one.
- 2.
He was arrested for vagrancy after sleeping in the park for weeks.
- 3.
A vagrant breeze stirred the curtains.
Easily Confused
vagrant vs vagabond — Same root, same homelessness, different tone. vagrant is the legal/official word, often negative (charged with vagrancy); vagabond is more literary and romantic (the carefree wanderer). In a courtroom you hear vagrant; in a poem you hear vagabond.