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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Vagrant

/vāg'-rənt/ · Va·grant · IPA /ˈveɪɡɹənt/
01 a. Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.
  1. 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. 2.
    Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as, a vagrant beggar.
02 n. One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond.
  1. 1.
    One who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond.
    “Vagrants and outlaws shall offend thy view.” — Prior.