hobo

Definitions of hobo
  1. noun
    a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
    synonyms: hoboïst
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    herdersfluit, schalmei
    a medieval oboe
    bombarde, bombardon, steengeschut
    a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
  2. noun
    a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
    synonyms: clochard, dakloze, dwaalgast, landloper, nomade, nomaden, schooier, straatslijper, tramp, vagant, vagebond, zwerfgast, zwerfkat, zwerfvogel, zwerver
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    landloper, tramp, vagebond
    a disreputable vagrant
    damslaper
    someone who sleeps in any convenient place
    type of:
    clochard, dakloze, schooier, tramp, vagant, zwerfkat, zwerver
    someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
  3. noun
    someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
    synonyms: clochard, dakloze, schooier, tramp, vagant, zwerfkat, zwerver
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    nomade, nomaden
    a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
    clochard, dakloze, dwaalgast, landloper, nomade, nomaden, schooier, straatslijper, tramp, vagant, vagebond, zwerfgast, zwerfkat, zwerfvogel, zwerver
    a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
    bedoeïen
    a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs
    Bosjesman
    a member of the race of nomadic hunters and gatherers who live in southern Africa
    Hun
    a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century
    landloper, tramp, vagebond
    a disreputable vagrant
    type of:
    reiziger
    a person who changes location
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