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drifter

noun as in wanderer

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Example Sentences

Kristofferson turned that tale into the story of two drifters, who find love on the road and are separated, eventually, by death.

From BBC

Benji, something of a chatty drifter, has never quite found himself, at least not by David’s standards.

Harris' rise in the polls suggests she may be starting to get some of the drifters back.

From Salon

An unearthed archive of an art lover's interviews with an ageing LS Lowry have revealed he saw himself as "a drifter" who knew a lot of people but "never had a girl".

From BBC

It traces Elmer’s hapless life as an alcoholic drifter turned bungling criminal, and his involuntary second act as a formidably well-embalmed sideshow attraction.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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