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CLOCHARD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

Synonyms:

clochard; drifter; floater; vagabond; vagrant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("clochard" is a kind of...):

have-not; poor person (a person with few or no possessions)

bird of passage; roamer; rover; wanderer (someone who leads a wandering unsettled life)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clochard"):

beachcomber (a vagrant living on a beach)

sundowner (a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown)

bum; hobo; tramp (a vagrant)

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