Vagabond: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Vagabond noun. Someone who wanders from place to place with no settled home or job.
How to say it
VAG-uh-bond/ˈvæɡəbɒnd/
3 syllables, stressed on the first (VAG). Forms: vagabonds.
Vagabond in a sentence
After university he spent a year as a happy vagabond, sleeping in hostels and on friends’ sofas.
Vagabonds were once whipped and sent back to their home parish.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- wanderer
- drifter
- rover
- tramp
Where vagabond comes from
From Latin vagabundus, from vagari, to wander.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
_____ were once whipped and sent back to their home parish.
- contraband
- vagabond
- environs
Show the answer
vagabond: Vagabonds were once whipped and sent back to their home parish.