Drifter (Noun)
Meaning
A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The drifter had been on the move for months, never staying in one place for too long.
- As a drifter, he was used to sleeping on benches and scrounging for scraps in dumpsters.
- The drifter's weathered face and tattered clothes told the story of a life lived on the margins.
- After losing his job, he became a drifter, wandering from town to town in search of work.
- The drifter's eyes had a haunted look, as if he was running from something or someone.