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# vagabond

noun (vagabond, vagabonds); also used as an adjective

«vagabond» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A vagabond is a person with no home or regular work who wanders from place to place; a tramp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vagabond/#m1)
2. (informal, in old tales) A vagabond is a rascal or a scamp, a term of scolding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vagabond/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales a wandering poor man or a naughty boy is called a vagabond, often by someone cross with him

### Examples

- "That vagabond, bad luck to him--" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vagabond/#x1)
- "Sit still, you vagabond," said Dudden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vagabond/#x2)
- I have been nothing but a truant and a vagabond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vagabond/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

It means a wanderer with no home, who must beg. In the Psalms it is part of a curse on an enemy's family.

**Interpretation.** The tradition notes that wandering and begging are among the worst fates in the Bible, and it teaches people to give charity to the poor.

### Examples

- Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; and let them seek their bread out of their desolate places. (Writings PSA.109.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vagabond/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vagabond» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vagabond/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vagabond» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vagabond.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «vagabond» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vagabond/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vagabond» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/vagabond.html) on Mova free.