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VA'GRANT, a. [L. vagor.]
1. Wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as a vagrant beggar.
2. Wandering; unsettled; moving without any certain direction.
That beauteous Emma vagrant courses took.
VA'GRANT, n. An idle wanderer; a vagabond; one who strolls from place to place; a sturdy beggar; one who has no settled habitation, or who does not abide in it.
Vagrants and outlaws shall offend thy view.