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    DRIFTER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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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