'beach-comber' definitions:

Definition of 'beach-comber'

From: GCIDE
  • beachcomber \beachcomber\ [Written also beach-comber or {beach comber}.] (Naut.)
  • 1. A vagrant seaman, usually of low character, who loiters about seaports, particularly on the shores and islands of the Pacific Ocean. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • I was fortunate enough, however, to forgather with a Scotchman who was a beach-comber. --F. T. Bullen. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 2. a vagrant living on a beach. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 3. a person who searches along a beach for objects of value, such as lost objects or seashells. [PJC]