Vagabond is one of those words that I just find cool, even without knowing what it means. It could be a type of shoe, a car, a bicycle — heck it might be a rare form of marmoset living high in the Himalayas, known only to the most experienced Sherpa guides. What is that strange little creature over there? It’s a vagabond.
Back in the real world, a vagabond is an itinerant person, a wandering soul. Earlier definitions, around 1400 A.D., also made this person a kind of criminal, although later this was lessened to simply “bum”. The word vagabond comes to us from the Late Latin vagabundus meaning “wandering, strolling about”. I digress in noting that Vaga Bundus would be a good name for a rock band, if they would stop wandering off the stage.
Latin vagari is also the root word for “vague”, although I am not certain about that.
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