vagrant
/ˈveɪɡɹənt/ noun C2- A person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer.
- 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.
- Any member of the species Vagrans egista of widely distributed Asian butterflies of the family Nymphalidae.
- An animal, typically a bird, found outside its species' usual range.
Plural vagrants
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The floor was covered with a pretty matting, and the curtains that softened the high window and fluttered in the vagrant breezes were of pale-green art muslin.
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