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drift·er

(drĭf′tər)

One that drifts, especially a person who moves aimlessly from place to place or from job to job.

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drifter

(ˈdrɪftə)

1. a person or thing that drifts

2. a person who moves aimlessly from place to place, usually without a regular job

3. (Fishing) a boat used for drift-net fishing

4. (Nautical Terms) nautical a large jib of thin material used in light breezes

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drift•er

(ˈdrɪf tər)

n.

1. a person or thing that drifts.

2. a person who wanders from place to place or job to job aimlessly.

[1860–65]

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Noun

drifter - a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

vagrant, vagabond, floater

beachcomber - a vagrant living on a beach

have-not, poor person - a person with few or no possessions

sundowner - a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown

hobo, tramp, bum - a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"

bird of passage, roamer, rover, wanderer - someone who leads a wandering unsettled life

drifter

noun wanderer, bum (informal), tramp, itinerant, vagrant, hobo (U.S.), vagabond, rolling stone, bag lady (chiefly U.S.) an out-of-work drifter

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Translations

شَخْص مُنْجَرِفقارِب صَيْد

logrtulákztroskotanec

dagdriverdrivgarnskutter

ziellose Person

drifteri

húzóhálós halászcsónaksodródó ember

slæpingi, flækingurveiîibátur

persona senza scopo nella vita

dagdriver drivgarnsfisker

logger

ağ çeken balıkçı gemisiavare başıboş

流浪者漂网渔船

drifter

[ˈdrɪftəʳ] N

1. (Naut) → trainera f

2. (= person) → vago/a m/f, vagabundo/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

drifter

[ˈdrɪftə^r] n → personne f sans but dans la vie

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

drifter

(= person) → Gammler(in) m(f); he’s a bit of a drifter → ihn hälts nirgends lange

(boat) → Drifter m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

drift

(drift) noun

1. a heap of something driven together, especially snow. His car stuck in a snowdrift.

2. the direction in which something is going; the general meaning. I couldn't hear you clearly, but I did catch the drift of what you said.

verb

1. to (cause to) float or be blown along. Sand drifted across the road; The boat drifted down the river.

2. (of people) to wander or live aimlessly. She drifted from job to job.

ˈdrifter noun

1. a fishing-boat that uses a net which floats near the surface of the water.

2. a person who drifts.

ˈdriftwood noun

wood floating on or cast up on the shore by the sea. We made a fire with driftwood.

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