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drifter (noun)

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  • drifter — ► NOUN 1) a person who is continually moving from place to place, without any fixed home or job. 2) a fishing boat equipped with a drift net …   English terms dictionary

  • drifter — 1864, as a mining term; 1883, boat fishing with drift nets; agent noun from DRIFT (Cf. drift). Meaning vagrant is from 1908 …   Etymology dictionary

  • drifter — noun Date: 1897 one that drifts; especially one that travels or moves about aimlessly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • drifter — noun a) A person who moves from place to place or job to job. b) A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker …   Wiktionary

  • drifter — noun 1》 a person who is continually moving from place to place, without any fixed home or job. 2》 a fishing boat equipped with a drift net …   English new terms dictionary

  • drifter — noun (C) 1 someone who is always moving from one job or place to another 2 a fishing boat that uses a floating net …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • drifter — UK [ˈdrɪftə(r)] / US [ˈdrɪftər] noun [countable] Word forms drifter : singular drifter plural drifters 1) someone who does not do the same job or stay in the same place for long 2) a boat that has a net that floats next to it, used for catching… …   English dictionary

  • drifter — drift|er [ drıftər ] noun count 1. ) someone who does not do the same job or stay in the same place for long 2. ) a boat that has a net that floats next to it, used for catching fish …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • drifter — /ˈdrɪftə/ (say driftuh) noun 1. someone or something that drifts. 2. Colloquial a shiftless person. 3. a fishing boat that uses a driftnet …  

  • have-not — noun a person with few or no possessions • Syn: ↑poor person • Hypernyms: ↑unfortunate, ↑unfortunate person • Hyponyms: ↑white trash, ↑poor white trash, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • beachcomber — noun Date: 1840 1. a white man living as a drifter or loafer especially on the islands of the South Pacific 2. a person who searches along a shore (as for salable refuse or for seashells) • beachcomb verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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