'beachcomber' definitions:
Definition of 'beachcomber'
From: WordNet
noun
A vagrant living on a beach
Definition of 'beachcomber'
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]
Synonyms of 'beachcomber'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Arab,
- beach bum,
- beggar,
- beggarly fellow,
- blighter,
- bo,
- Bowery bum,
- budmash,
- bum,
- bummer,
- caitiff,
- derelict,
- devil,
- dogie,
- drifter,
- drunkard,
- gamin,
- gamine,
- good-for-naught,
- good-for-nothing,
- guttersnipe,
- hobo,
- homeless waif,
- human wreck,
- idler,
- landloper,
- lazzarone,
- loafer,
- losel,
- lowlife,
- mauvais sujet,
- mean wretch,
- mucker,
- mudlark,
- no-good,
- pauvre diable,
- piker,
- pilgarlic,
- poor creature,
- poor devil,
- ragamuffin,
- ragman,
- ragpicker,
- rounder,
- sad case,
- sad sack,
- ski bum,
- skid-row bum,
- stiff,
- stray,
- street Arab,
- street urchin,
- sundowner,
- surf bum,
- swagman,
- swagsman,
- tatterdemalion,
- tennis bum,
- tramp,
- truant,
- turnpiker,
- urchin,
- vag,
- vagabond,
- vagrant,
- vaurien,
- waif,
- waifs and strays,
- wastrel,
- worthless fellow,
- wretch