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DRIFTER

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 ("drifter" 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 "drifter"):

beachcomber (a vagrant living on a beach)

sundowner (a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown)

bum; hobo; tramp (a vagrant)

Derivation:

drift (move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment)

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