: one that drifts
especially
: one that travels or moves about aimlessly
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He was a drifter who hitchhiked from state to state.
the drifter just packed up and moved on to the next dead-end job
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Levinson’s twisty, almost noir tone (Dutch angles and murderous drifters abound) makes the litany of sight gags on display twice as funny.
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Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
From the beginning, Autumn has always been the most mysterious character — a drifter who showed up in episode one to camp on the west pasture and almost immediately pushed Royal into the hole as an experiment.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 15 May 2024
The now-deceased drifter from Cleveland was recently identified as the man who killed Janice Christensen at a Hudson park in August 1987.
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These are the drifters: the people who somehow slid out of view as our lives took different paths.
—Claire Cohen, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2024
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Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
From the beginning, Autumn has always been the most mysterious character — a drifter who showed up in episode one to camp on the west pasture and almost immediately pushed Royal into the hole as an experiment.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 15 May 2024
The now-deceased drifter from Cleveland was recently identified as the man who killed Janice Christensen at a Hudson park in August 1987.
—Stephanie Warsmith and Paula Schleis, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
These are the drifters: the people who somehow slid out of view as our lives took different paths.
—Claire Cohen, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Drifter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drifter. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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drifter
noun
drift·er
ˈdrif-tər 
: one that drifts
especially
: a person who travels about without purpose
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