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floater

About 0.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A person who floats. A person who physically floats in a gas or liquid. A corpse floating in a body of water. A person without a fixed or lasting affiliation, position, or role. A person who frequently changes where they live; a drifter, a vagrant.
  2. noun A person who physically floats in a gas or liquid. A corpse floating in a body of water.
  3. noun A corpse floating in a body of water.
  4. noun A person without a fixed or lasting affiliation, position, or role. A person who frequently changes where they live; a drifter, a vagrant.
  5. noun A person who frequently changes where they live; a drifter, a vagrant.
  6. noun A person who frequently changes employment.
  7. noun An employee of an organization who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when someone else is away; also, a short-term employee; a temporary, a temp.
  8. noun An "extra" (male) guest at a party who is asked by the host to entertain the other (often female) guests.

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Word family

floaters

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