noun

drifter

drifter, wanderer, vagrant

He was a drifter with no real home.

He was a drifter with no real home.

((a/the)) drifter a person who moves from place to place He was a drifter with no real home.

Synonyms: wanderer, vagrant, nomad

From the verb 'to drift' (to be carried along by currents) + the agent suffix '-er'.

Imagine someone who 'drifts' through life without a fixed plan or home.

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