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Noun: drifter  drif-tu(r)
  1. A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
    "The drifter moved from town to town, picking up odd jobs";
    - vagrant, floater, vagabond, clochard, vag [Austral, informal]

Derived forms: drifters

Type of: bird of passage, have-not, poor person, roamer, rover, wanderer

Encyclopedia: Drifter