vagrant
/ˈveɪɡrənt/noun
उच्चारण वेग्रन्ट
आवारा, बेघर व्यक्ति, घुमक्कड़ भिखारी
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a person who has no home or job, especially one who begs from people
आवारा, बेघर व्यक्ति, घुमक्कड़ भिखारी
- The police moved the vagrants away from the station.
- He lived as a vagrant for two years after losing his job.
- A vagrant slept on the bench outside the station.
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- The charity gives food to vagrants every evening.
- The old vagrant told stories to the children in the park.
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literary
moving from place to place with no fixed home
भटकता हुआ, घुमंतू
- a vagrant life on the roads
- The vagrant sleeping under the bridge was given a warm meal by the volunteers.
- The vagrant musician travelled from village to village.
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- They lived a vagrant existence, never staying long in any one place.
- A vagrant sadhu passed through the town every winter.
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Keep apart: vagrant (homeless wanderer), vagabond (a wanderer, often idle), nomad (a member of a people who move with their herds), itinerant (travelling for work).
अलग रखिए: vagrant (बेघर भटकने वाला), vagabond (घुमक्कड़, प्रायः निठल्ला), nomad (झुंड के साथ घूमने वाले समुदाय का सदस्य), itinerant (काम के लिए यात्रा करने वाला)।
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A person with no home who wanders from place to place (also tramp, vagabond); the offence is vagrancy.
'जिसका कोई घर न हो और जो जगह-जगह भटकता रहे' के लिए यह शब्द (या tramp, vagabond) आता है; यह अपराध vagrancy कहलाता है।