vagabond
n. countablen. a person who travels from place to place without a home or a job. You often use this word for someone who moves around a lot and does not have a fixed address.
n. a person who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or job. Often carries a slightly negative or romanticised connotation depending on the context.
The old vagabond told stories by the campfire.
After losing his job, he became a vagabond, traveling across the country by train and sleeping in parks.
The novel follows the journey of a modern-day vagabond who seeks to find meaning in a world that increasingly demands stability and permanent residence.
From Old French vagabond, from Late Latin vagābundus, from Latin vagari (“wander”). Compare moribund. Etymology tree Old French vagabondder. English vagabond