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drifter

/ˈdɹɪftɚ/ noun C2
  1. A person who moves from place to place or job to job.
  2. A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker.
  3. 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.
  4. A parachutist who jumps before the rest of the group to determine wind direction.
  5. A person employed in driving in rock other than coal.
  6. A tool used in mining and civil engineering to drill into rock.

Plural drifters

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Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.