1. 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.