vagrant

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Noun

1. A person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer.
2. A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond.
   • Every morning before work, I see that poor vagrant around the neighbourhood begging for food.
3. Any member of the species Vagrans egista of widely distributed Asian butterflies of the family Nymphalidae.
4. An animal, typically a bird, found outside its species' usual range.

Adjective

1. Wandering from place to place, particularly when without any settled employment or habitation.
   • a vagrant beggar
2. Of or pertaining to a vagabond or vagrant, or a person fond of wandering.
3. Moving without a certain direction; roving, wandering; also, erratic, unsettled.

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