drifter

IPA: drˈɪftɝ

(sometimes derogatory) 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.
(parachuting) A parachutist who jumps before the rest of the group to determine wind direction.
(mining, historical) A person employed in driving in rock other than coal.
(fishing) One who takes part in drift fishing.
(fishing) A boat used for drift fishing.

Examples of "drifter" in Sentences

It is basically what we call a drifter slope mine.
Previous entry: Man found with Smart known as drifter
A so-called drifter shows off his precision with a knife and cucumber.
Scarseth, described as a drifter, received a warning for skateboarding illegally.
A depressed drifter is even unhappier when it is a sunny day and everyone is having fun.
The author never indicates how this drifter from a vagabond existence came to live in a modest upper middleclass neighborhood with no steady income (dollhouses?).
The third person in this case -- and that is Amanda Knox we ` re looking at -- The third man in this case, who is considered or has been described as a drifter, has already been convicted.