drifter

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: drift=er

OXFORD DICTIONARY

drifter, n.
1 an aimless or rootless person.
2 a boat used for drift-net fishing.

THESAURUS

drifter

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