vagrant vs waif

vagrant

noun
  • A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond. 

  • An animal, typically a bird, found outside its species' usual range. 

  • Vagrans egista, a widely distributed Asian butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. 

adj
  • Wandering from place to place, particularly when without any settled employment or habitation. 

  • Of or pertaining to a vagabond or vagrant, or a person fond of wandering. 

  • Moving without a certain direction; roving, wandering; also, erratic, unsettled. 

waif

noun
  • A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast. 

  • A plant introduced in a place outside its native range but is not persistently naturalized. 

  • A very thin person. 

  • Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance. 

  • A small flag used as a signal. 

  • Something (such as clouds or smoke) carried aloft by the wind. 

verb
  • To cast aside or reject, and thus make a waif. 

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