Dictionary entry

Vagrant

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Va″grant (?), a. [Probably fr. OF. waucrant, wacrant, p. p. of waucrer, wacrer, walcrer, to wander (probably of Teutonic origin), but influenced by F. vagant, p. pr. of vaguer to stray, L. vagari. Cf. Vagary.]

1. Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.

That beauteous Emma vagrant courses took. Prior.

While leading this vagrant and miserable life, Johnson fell in love. Macaulay.

2. Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as, a vagrant beggar.