drifter
English
/ˈdɹɪftə/, /ˈdɹɪftɚ/
noun
Definitions
- (sometimes) A person who moves from place to place or job to job.
- (nautical) A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker.
- (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.
- (angling) One who takes part in drift fishing.
- (angling) A boat used for drift fishing.
- A parachutist who jumps before the rest of the group to determine the environmental conditions.
- (mining) A person employed in driving in rock other than coal.
Etymology
Suffix from English drift.
Origin
English
drift
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adrift English
- bedrift English
- downdrift English
- drift English
- driftage English
- driftbolt English
- driftest English
- drifteth English
- driftfish English
- driftland English
- driftless English
- driftling English
- driftpin English
- driftway English
- driftweed English
- driftwind English
- driftwood English
- drifty English
- exodrift English
- indrift English
- mid-drift English
- overdrift English
- raindrift English
- snowdrift English
- stardrift English
- underdrift English
- updrift English
- drift Middle English
- dripman Tok Pisin