different between vagabond vs ruffler

English

Etymology

From Old French vagabond, from Late Latin vag?bundus, from Latin vagari (“wander”).

Pronunciation

• (Canada, UK) enPR: v?g'?-b?nd, IPA^(key): /?væ?.?.b?nd/

Noun

vagabond (plural vagabonds)

1. A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
3. One who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood.

   Synonyms: vagrant, hobo; see also Thesaurus:vagabond

Related terms

• extravagant
• vague

Translations

Verb

vagabond (third-person singular simple present vagabonds, present participle vagabonding, simple past and past participle vagabonded)

1. To roam, as a vagabond

Translations

Adjective

vagabond (not comparable)

1. Floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.
   • 1959, Jack London, The Star Rover

     Truly, the worships of the Mystery wandered as did men, and between filchings and borrowings the gods had as vagabond a time of it as did we.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin vag?bundus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.?a.b??/

Adjective

vagabond (feminine singular vagabonde, masculine plural vagabonds, feminine plural vagabondes)

1. vagabonding

Noun

vagabond m (plural vagabonds, feminine vagabonde)

1. vagabond

Derived terms

Further reading

• “vagabond” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• vagabund

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?a?bu?d/

Noun

vagabond m (plural vagabond)

1. vagabond

Related terms

• vagabondé

Romanian

Etymology

From French vagabond.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.?a?bond/

Noun

vagabond m (plural vagabonzi)

1. tramp (a homeless person)

English

Etymology

ruffle +? -er

Noun

ruffler (plural rufflers)

1. (historical) ruffian, bully, villain; especially a 16th-17th century vagabond operating under the guise of a maimed soldier or sailor
   • 1978, Michael Moorcock, Gloriana; or, The Unfulfill'd Queen, Chapter 1:

     The ruffler in leather, who lately went fighting through the door, has returned, presumably by means of another entrance.

2. swaggerer
3. a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles

Further reading

• ruffler at OneLook Dictionary Search