What is another word for drifters?

Pronunciation: [dɹˈɪftəz] (IPA)

Drifters are individuals who wander aimlessly or move from place to place without a specific destination or purpose. There are several synonyms for the term, including vagabonds, nomads, rovers, wanderers, and itinerants. Vagabonds are people who have no permanent home and move from place to place for survival, while nomads are individuals who travel with their herds or tribes. Rovers are people who frequently travel, and wanderers are people who move from place to place in search of something. Finally, itinerants are people who travel from place to place for work. All of these synonyms have slightly different connotations, but they all describe individuals who are constantly on the move without a home base.

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    • Proper noun, plural
      buoys.
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Usage examples for Drifters

No danger had been proven yet, but that wouldn't stop Manning-nor the drifters he'd been buying in the town.
"Warlord of Kor"
Terry Gene Carr
But since this necessarily limited the choice of Edge governorships to the roustabouts and drifters who wandered the outworlds, the resulting administrations were probably even more corrupt than they had been under the old system of what had amounted to centralized graft.
"Warlord of Kor"
Terry Gene Carr
Such persons so securely anchored and self-determined can have but small sympathy for the drifters of this world.
"Harvest"
Mrs. Humphry Ward

Famous quotes with Drifters

  • The overcoat was a trademark of his. It was an impermeable thrift-shop special with a plaid flannel lining and wide lapels, and it looked as though it had been trying for many years to keep the rain off the stooped shoulders of a long series of hard cases, drifters, and ordinary bums. It emitted an odor of bus station so desolate that just standing next to him you could feel your luck changing for the worse.
    Michael Chabon

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