Associations to the word «Drifter»

Wiktionary

DRIFTER, noun. (pejorative) A person who moves from place to place or job to job.
DRIFTER, noun. (nautical) A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker.
DRIFTER, 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.
DRIFTER, noun. (angling) One who takes part in drift fishing.

Dictionary definition

DRIFTER, noun. A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne