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vagrant

[vay-gruhnt] / ˈveɪ grənt /
NOUN
person with no permanent home and often with no means of support
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ADJECTIVE
wandering, nomadic
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Shuster was once found on a park bench and thought to be a vagrant.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

Mr. Martin walked the property later that day as police removed a vagrant from a building.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

It is believed that the newly found greater mouse-eared bat was a vagrant that had crossed the channel from France, where there is an established population, and took up residence in Britain.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2023

“The Kingdoms of Savannah” is an ensemble piece with no real center of gravity, and way too many kooky humans to enumerate here: a slumlord, a lazy boatman, a whistling vagrant.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2022

I need to start taking my studies here seriously or I’m going to be out on the street, a vagrant for real.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

Mr. Pratt has recorded cute social-media videos with dogs, promising to overhaul the city’s dysfunctional shelter system and to require vagrants to get treatment for mental health illnesses and addictions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

"Romanians go to other countries for work, but we have so many resources here. Wood, grain - and our soil is very rich. Why should we be vagrants in Italy?"

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2024

The fish and wildlife agency said officers responded to reports of a man eating the protected species on the island, which is undeveloped and frequented by vagrants.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

Ceruti was tagged “Pitocchetto” — the little beggar — given his fondness for pictures of maidservants, peasant families and vagrants in tattered rags.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023

Maybe even the jail, in case the town decided they were vagrants.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen


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