vagabond

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
  2. noun a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
  3. verb move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

Etymology

From Old French vagabond, from Late Latin vagābundus, from Latin vagari (“wander”). Compare moribund. Etymology tree Old French vagabondder. English vagabond

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