as in gypsy
a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination
the drifter just packed up and moved on to the next dead-end job
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Ali and Rıza are not doubles, but there is a sense that this strange drifter fills a lack that the anxious academic feels.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
The drifter also revealed how their first child, Lincoln Whiddett, was with the family throughout their journey, providing extra motivation.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Poitier stars as Homer Smith, a drifter who turns up in a small Arizona town and helps a group of nuns construct a chapel for the local community.
—EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
He wasn’t seen as a drifter weirdo, but embraced as a friend and a brother.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
The drifter also revealed how their first child, Lincoln Whiddett, was with the family throughout their journey, providing extra motivation.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Poitier stars as Homer Smith, a drifter who turns up in a small Arizona town and helps a group of nuns construct a chapel for the local community.
—EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
He wasn’t seen as a drifter weirdo, but embraced as a friend and a brother.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for drifter
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“Drifter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drifter. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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