vagabond

n. நாடோ டி, நாடு குடியற்றவர், உதவாதவர், (பே-வ.) போக்கிரி, (பெ.) நிலையான இருப்பிடமற்ற, அலைந்து திரிகிற, இடம்விட்டு இடம் விரட்டப்படுகிற, சிலந்தி வகையில் பெரும்பாலும் ஓரிடத்தில் அமர்ந்திராத, (வி.) (பே-வ.) அலைந்து திரி, நாடோ டியாக நட.

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Vag"a*bond, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. vagabundus, from vagari to stroll about, from vagus strolling. See Vague.] 1. Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering. "Vagabond exile." Shak. 2. Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro. To heaven their prayers Flew up, nor missed the way, by envious winds Blown vagabond or frustrate. Milton. 3. Being a vagabond; strolling and idle or vicious. Vag"a*bond, n. Defn: One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a tramp; hence, a worthless person; a rascal. A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be. Gen. iv. 12. Note: In English and American law, vagabond is used in bad sense, denoting one who is without a home; a strolling, idle, worthless person. Vagabonds are described in old English statutes as "such as wake on the night and sleep on the day, and haunt customable taverns and alehouses, and routs about; and no man wot from whence they came, nor whither they go." In American law, the term vagrant is employed in the same sense. Cf Rogue, n., 1. Burrill. Bouvier. Vag"a*bond, v. i. Defn: To play the vagabond; to wander like a vagabond; to stroll. On every part my vagabonding sight Did cast, and drown mine eyes in sweet delight. Drummond.