vagrant
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Mr. Martin walked the property later that day as police removed a vagrant from a building.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
He’s a vagrant by definition — a man with no job, no paper trail or online presence.
From Salon • Jan. 20, 2024
It is believed that the newly found greater mouse-eared bat was a vagrant that had crossed the channel from France, where there is an established population, and took up residence in Britain.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2023
But the rogue Steller’s sea eagle isn’t just a lost bird: It is an avian vagrant, a term that describes birds that wing their way well beyond their species’s normal range of movement.
From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2022
“I’ll give you a piece of bread,” she said, after a pause; “but we can’t take in a vagrant to lodge. It isn’t likely.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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