/ Dictionary / Index V vagrant: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: va•grant Pronunciation: (vā'grunt), [key] — n. a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment; vagabond; tramp. 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. —adj. 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. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: vagrant (Thesaurus) vagrancy vagrom Related Content Daily Word Quiz: fervor Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language