noun
- People who travel or wander on land, especially vagrants or itinerant workers.
Usage: informal; archaic or dialectal
Examples
- The old stories spoke of landlopers who roamed the countryside seeking work.
- During the Depression, many landlopers traveled from town to town looking for employment.
- The village was wary of the landlopers passing through on the main road.
- Historical records describe landlopers as a common sight along trade routes.
- Some landlopers would stay for a season before moving on to the next region.