Usually means: Homeless traveler, often riding trains.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. hobo: Merriam-Webster
  2. hobo: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hobo: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hobo: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hobo: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hobo, hobo: Wordnik
  7. hobo: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hobo: Wiktionary
  9. hobo: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hobo: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hobo: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Hobo, hobo: Dictionary.com
  13. hobo: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. hobo: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Hobo (Billy Bob Thornton album), Hobo (Charlie Winston album), Hobo (book), Hobo (disambiguation), Hobo (typeface), Hobo, The Hobo: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. hobo: Rhymezone
  17. hobo: FreeDictionary.org
  18. hobo: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Hobo: The Word Detective
  20. hobo: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. Hobo: World Wide Words
  22. hobo: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hobo: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hobo: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. HOBO: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hobo, hobo, hobo: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. H.O.B.O, H.O.B.O, the hobo: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See hoboes as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (Canada, US) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.
▸ noun:  (Canada, US) Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.
▸ noun:  A kind of large handbag.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, perhaps pejorative) To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.

Similar:
tramp, bum, hoboe, hobo jungle, hoboism, hoser, hobbler, hobo bag, hobohemian, hobiler, more...

Opposite:
settled, resident, homeowner, stable, established

Types:
tramp, bum, vagrant, vagabond, drifter, wanderer, more...

Phrases:
hobo jungle, hobo camp, hobo spider, hobo bag, Hobo nickel, more...

Adjectives:
old, american, young, little, real, former, french, genuine, poor, professional, true


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Similar:
tramp, bum, hoboe, hobo jungle, hoboism, hoser, hobbler, hobo bag, hobohemian, hobiler, more...

Opposite:
settled, resident, homeowner, stable, established

Types:
tramp, bum, vagrant, vagabond, drifter, wanderer, more...

Phrases:
hobo jungle, hobo camp, hobo spider, hobo bag, Hobo nickel, hobo stove, Hobo with a Shotgun, Hobo Johnson, The Littlest Hobo, The Hobo Code, Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe, National Hobo Convention, The American Hobo, more...

Adjectives:
old, american, young, little, real, former, french, genuine, poor, professional, true



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