drifter
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5.9
- noun
- /ˈdrɪftər/
:
vagabundo
- As a drifter, she traveled from town to town without ever staying in one place for long.
The other ending could be she meets a good looking drifter and he's a smooth talker, and he says, darling, I want to take you to New York.
- The other ending could be she meets a good looking drifter and he's a smooth talker, and he says, darling, I want to take you to New York.
- The other ending could be she needs a good looking drifter and he's a smooth talker.
Examples
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Somewhere along the line, Jack McLaughlin, drifter, had learned at least a modicum of good manners.
Fiction book (1999) -
Aden was a place of drifters and smugglers.
Academic text (2001) -
You are nothing but a drifter who found a bag of mail.
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Like a drifter, I was born to walk alone
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"Because he was a drifter," she said.
Fiction book (1999) -
Thomas was a drifter, by all accounts, and a poor provider.
Fiction book (1993) -
The best drifter you'll ever meet.
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He looks like a drifter.
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The Novaks embraced the young drifter as one of their own.
Fiction book (1993) -
He could best be described as an intellectual drifter who failed at many professional endeavors.
Synonyms
28
6.1
A person who has no home and travels, often begging or doing casual work
27
4.4
A person who moves from place to place to find food or work
25
7.7
A person who has no home and moves from place to place, often begging
23
3.9
A person who travels without a fixed home or purpose
15
7.6
A person who moves from place to place without a home or job
6
7.0
A person who moves from place to place and has no fixed home
2
4.6
A person who moves often and does not stay in one place
2
7.6
A person who travels on foot from place to place
1
5.1
A person who moves from place to place without staying long
1
8.0
A person who goes from place to place to find work
1
8.3
A person who moves from place to place without a home
1
9.6
A person who travels from place to place on horseback without a fixed home
A person who travels without a home and lives by odd jobs
A person who moves from place to place, never staying long
A person who travels from place to place for work
A homeless person who lives on the street, often in Paris
Antonyms
How Settled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word drifter comes from drift, which means 'to be carried along', like a ship or a snowdrift that moves without control. So a drifter is someone who moves from place to place, as if life is 'carrying' them, without a fixed home or steady work.