drifter

drifter
Synonyms and related words:
Ahasuerus, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Bowery bum, Flying Dutchman, Goliard, Odysseus, Oisin, Ossian, Ulysses, angler, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, bird of passage, blighter, budmash, bum, bummer, caitiff, derelict, devil, dibber, dibbler, drift netter, drunkard, fisher, fisherman, floater, gad, gadabout, go-about, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, guddler, hobo, human wreck, itinerant, jacker, jigger, lowlife, mauvais sujet, mean wretch, mover, mucker, no-good, pauvre diable, peregrinator, peregrine, peripatetic, pilgarlic, piscator, piscatorialist, piscatorian, poor creature, poor devil, rambler, roamer, rolling stone, rover, runabout, sad case, sad sack, skid-row bum, stiff, straggler, street arab, stroller, strolling player, sundowner, swagman, the compleat angler, tramp, trawler, troller, troubadour, truant, vag, vagabond, vagrant, vaurien, visitant, wanderer, wandering minstrel, wandering scholar, wastrel, whaler, worthless fellow, wretch

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Drifter — Drifter(s) or The Drifter(s) may refer to: Drifter (person), a person who is continually moving from place to place, without any fixed home or job Contents 1 Aircraft 2 Film and television …   Wikipedia

  • drifter — [ driftɶr ] n. m. • 1922; mot angl. (1883), de to drift « dériver » ♦ Anglic. Mar. Bateau qui utilise des filets pour la pêche à la dérive. ● drifter nom masculin (anglais drifter, de to drift, dériver) Synonyme de harenguier. ● drifter… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • drifter — drífter s. n., pl. dríftere Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  DRÍFTER driftere n. Navă maritimă înzestrată cu instalaţii speciale pentru pescuitul în larg. /<engl. drifter Trimis de siveco, 22.08.2004. Sursa: NODEX … …   Dicționar Român

  • Drifter — steht für: Drifter (Band), eine Schweizer Metalband Drifter (Film), ein Dokumentarfilm von Sebastian Heidinger Drifter (Segel), ein spezielles Segel für ein Segelboot eine Treibboje einen Rucksacktouristen, siehe Rucksacktourismus einen Fahrer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • drifter — drìfter m DEFINICIJA pom. tipičan ribarski motorni brod za lov na sleđeve mrežama stajaćicama uz obale Velike Britanije ETIMOLOGIJA engl. drifter …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • drifter — index derelict, itinerant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law 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 — [n] wanderer derelict, hobo, itinerant, nomad, rolling stone, tramp, transient, vagabond, vagrant; concepts 412,423 …   New thesaurus

  • 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 — 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 — [[t]drɪ̱ftə(r)[/t]] drifters N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a drifter, you mean that they do not stay in one place or in one job for very long …   English dictionary

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