floater
noun
1 floater
Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens:
— Floaters seem to drift through the field of vision.
synonyms: musca volitans, muscae volitantes, spots.
2 floater
A debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills).
3 floater
A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support.
synonyms: clochard, drifter, vagabond, vagrant.
Dutch: zwerver, landloper, vagebond
Polish: tułacz, łazęga, włóczykij, powsinoga, rajzer, włóczęga, cygan
4 floater
An employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed.
5 floater
A voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election.
6 floater
A swimmer who floats in the water.
7 floater
An object that floats or is capable of floating.
8 floater
An insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location.
synonym: floating policy.
Moby thesaurus: Ahasuerus, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Flying Dutchman, Goliard, Odysseus, Oisin, Ossian, Ulysses, ballot-box stuffer, balloter, bird of passage, bum, derelict, drifter, elector, fraudulent voter, gad, gadabout, go-about ... show more.
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