1
: moving from place to place without a fixed home : wandering
2
a
: of, relating to, or characteristic of a wanderer
b
: leading an unsettled, irresponsible, or disreputable life
vagabonded; vagabonding; vagabonds
: to wander in the manner of a vagabond : roam about
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Examples of vagabond in a Sentence
Noun
be wary of the vagabonds in that corner of the city
after they retired, the couple bought an RV and became footloose vagabonds
Adjective
a vagabond group of entertainers that performed in rough-and-tumble mining towns
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James Mercadante, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
His boys grew up as hockey vagabonds, moving all over North America during his stints with various franchises.
—James Mirtle, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
Max Olson, The Athletic, 12 July 2024
There are records of albatrosses spending decades living as vagabond singletons in the wrong hemisphere, Lees said.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2021
Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
Providing different perspectives are a vagabonding Swedish artist and his British wife as well as an Aboriginal wrangler called Billy, whose skill as a cricket batsman has blighted his connection to his family traditions.
—Alida Becker, New York Times, 5 May 2023
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Noun
While Tom Hanks lends his voice to several characters — including the conductor, Santa and a ghostly vagabond — there are other voice performances from Nona Gaye, Jimmy Bennett, Eddie Deezen and Steven Tyler.
—James Mercadante, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
His boys grew up as hockey vagabonds, moving all over North America during his stints with various franchises.
—James Mirtle, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
Adjective
The coaches are no different—and have been vagabond for longer.
—Max Olson, The Athletic, 12 July 2024
There are records of albatrosses spending decades living as vagabond singletons in the wrong hemisphere, Lees said.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2021
Verb
As a vagabonding aviator, Zdarsky flew his trike around Joshua Tree and Death Valley, and even over 14,505-foot-tall Mount Whitney in the Sierra Nevada range, nearly freezing himself in the process.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
Providing different perspectives are a vagabonding Swedish artist and his British wife as well as an Aboriginal wrangler called Billy, whose skill as a cricket batsman has blighted his connection to his family traditions.
—Alida Becker, New York Times, 5 May 2023
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“Vagabond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vagabond. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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vagabond
1 of 2 adjective
vag·a·bond
ˈvag-ə-ˌbänd 
: moving from place to place without a fixed home
vagabond
2 of 2 noun
: a person who leads a vagabond life
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English vagabond "moving about with no fixed home," from early French vacabund (same meaning), from Latin vagabundus (same meaning), from vagari "to wander about" — related to extravagant
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