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

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

He’s a vagrant by definition — a man with no job, no paper trail or online presence.

From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2024

“Where once it owned the continent, it’s now a kind of vagrant, occupying the botanical equivalent of homeless encampments.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023

Meet the anhinga, a large water bird with a snaky neck that has joined other high-profile vagrant birds in recent years by making a rare appearance outside of its typical migration range.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2023

I decided that my wild and irrational desire was merely a vagrant impulse, and that it would not occur again.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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

Graffiti covers every inch of the foyer of Beau’s building; vagrants shuffle along like the undead in a zombie film; trash piles up on street corners and abandoned cars along curbs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2023

It was a hundred and ten degrees, easy, and we must’ve looked like deep-fried vagrants, but everybody was too interested in the wild animals to pay us much attention.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan




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