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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Casual

/kăzh'-əw-əl/ · Cas·u·al · IPA /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/
01 a. Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.
  1. 1.
    Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.
    “Casual breaks, in the general system.” — W. Irving.
  2. 2.
    Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses.
    “A constant habit, rather than a casual gesture.” — Hawthorne.
Syn. Accidental; fortutious; incidental; occasional; contingent; unforeseen. See Accidental.
02 n. One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
  1. 1.
    One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.