Usually means: Person who moves place to place.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word drifter:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. drifter: Merriam-Webster
  2. drifter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. drifter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. drifter: Collins English Dictionary
  5. drifter: Vocabulary.com
  6. Drifter, drifter: Wordnik
  7. drifter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. drifter: Wiktionary
  9. drifter: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. drifter: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. drifter: Dictionary.com
  12. drifter: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Drifter (Sylvia album), Drifter (chocolate), Drifter (disambiguation), Drifter (film), Drifter (fishing boat), Drifter (floating device), Drifter (person), Drifter (song), Drifter, The Drifter (TV series): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. drifter: Rhymezone
  15. drifter: FreeDictionary.org
  16. drifter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. drifter: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. drifter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Drifter (disambiguation), drifter: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. drifter: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (sometimes derogatory) A person who moves from place to place or job to job.
noun:  (nautical) A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker.
noun:  (automotive) A driver who uses driving techniques to modify vehicle traction to cause a vehicle to slide or power slide rather than drive in line with the tires.
noun:  (parachuting) A parachutist who jumps before the rest of the group to determine wind direction.
noun:  (mining, historical) A person employed in driving in rock other than coal.
noun:  (fishing) One who takes part in drift fishing.
noun:  (fishing) A boat used for drift fishing.

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