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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''vagraunt'', from Anglo-French ''vageraunt'', from present participle of ''vagrer'' to [[wander]] about, alteration (influenced by [[Latin]] ''vagari'' to wander) of ''wacrer'' to wander, of Germanic origin; akin to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] wealcan to roll-walk

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''vagraunt'', from Anglo-French ''vageraunt'', from present participle of ''vagrer'' to [[wander]] about, alteration (influenced by [[Latin]] ''vagari'' to wander) of ''wacrer'' to wander, of Germanic origin; akin to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] wealcan to roll-walk

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a : one who has no established [[residence]] and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of [[support]]  

*1a : one who has no established [[residence]] and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of [[support]]  

A '''vagrant''' is a person in [[poverty]], who wanders from place to place without a [[home]] or regular employment or [[income]]. Many towns in the Developed World have [[shelters]] for vagrants. Common terminology is a tramp or a 'gentleman of the road'. In legal terminology, a [[person]] with a source of income is not a vagrant, even if he/she is homeless.

A '''vagrant''' is a person in [[poverty]], who wanders from place to place without a [[home]] or regular employment or [[income]]. Many towns in the Developed World have [[shelters]] for vagrants. Common terminology is a tramp or a 'gentleman of the road'. In legal terminology, a [[person]] with a source of income is not a vagrant, even if he/she is homeless.

In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_tale fairy tales] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Europe medieval Europe], [[beggars]] cast [[curses]] on anyone who was insulting or stingy towards them. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witches Witches] would beg door-to-door for "milk, yeast, drink, pottage" in England. Throughout East Asian and South Asian countries, the condition of vagrancy has long been historically associated with the [[religious]] life as described in the religious [[literature]] of Hindu, [[Buddhist]], Jain and Muslim [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufi Sufi] [[traditions]]. Examples include [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadhu sadhus], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dervish dervishes], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhikkhu Bhikkhus] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sramana sramanic] traditions generally.

In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_tale fairy tales] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Europe medieval Europe], [[beggars]] cast [[curses]] on anyone who was insulting or stingy towards them. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witches Witches] would beg door-to-door for "milk, yeast, drink, pottage" in England. Throughout East Asian and South Asian countries, the condition of vagrancy has long been historically associated with the [[religious]] life as described in the religious [[literature]] of Hindu, [[Buddhist]], Jain and Muslim [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufi Sufi] [[traditions]]. Examples include [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadhu sadhus], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dervish dervishes], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhikkhu Bhikkhus] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sramana sramanic] traditions generally.

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