Vagrant

Noun

a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment; vagabond; tramp.

Law . an idle person without visible means of support, as a tramp or beggar.

a person who wanders from place to place; wanderer; rover.

wandering idly without a permanent home or employment; living in vagabondage

vagrant beggars.

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a vagrant

the vagrant life.

Adjective

wandering or roaming from place to place; nomadic.

(of plants) straggling in growth.

not fixed or settled, esp. in course; moving hither and thither

a vagrant leaf blown by the wind.

Synonyms

noun

drifter , floater , homeless person , itinerant , rolling stone , street person , transient , wanderernotes:a vagabond refers to a person who leads a carefree , roaming existence; a vagrant ekes out a living by begging and is often considered a nuisance , beggar , bum , hobo , homeless , idler , nomadic , panhandler , rascal.--a. wandering , roamer , rover , tramp , undesirable , unrestrained , vagabond , waif , wanderer , wayward

adjective

itinerant , peripatetic , vagabond