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VAGABOND
(noun) anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
"pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea"
(noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
synonyms : drifter , floater , vagrant(verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
"The gypsies roamed the woods", "roving vagabonds", "the wandering Jew", "The cattle roam across the prairie", "the laborers drift from one town to the next", "They rolled from town to town"
synonyms : cast , drift , ramble , range , roam , roll , rove , stray , swan , tramp , wander(adj.) continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
"a drifting double-dealer", "the floating population", "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
synonyms : aimless , drifting , floating , vagrant(adj.) wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community
"led a vagabond life", "a rootless wanderer"
synonyms : rootless
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Mnemonics for vagabond
(Tag: ) this word can be thought as Vagabond = James Bond the spy, does not live at one permanent place and is always seen wandering all over the world.
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-1 (Tag: ) Vagabond..vengaboys..keep goin' all around for concerts etc..wanderers..
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-4 (Tag: ) wagha + border............at this place military people keep on wandering to keep close watch on activities
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-0 (Tag: ) playing off of the above: a ragged Bond since no vagabond is as well groomed as James
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Origin
Via French from Latin vagabundus, from vagari “to wander” (source of English vagrant ).] added by bimal03
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