tramp

Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæmp/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a disreputable vagrant
  2. noun a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
  3. noun a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

Etymology

From Middle English trampen (“to walk heavily”), from Middle Low German trampen (“to stamp”) (trampeln (“to walk with heavy steps”), see trample) or from Middle Dutch trampen (“to stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *trampan (“to step”). Doublet of tremp. Cognate with Dutch trampen (“to stamp, kick, step”), dialectal German trampen (“to step, walk, tread”), whence commoner German trampeln (“to trample”). Probably related to trap.

In classic literature

Synonyms

hobo, bum

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
vagrant
Narrower (hyponyms)
dosser

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