BEACHCOMBER


Meaning of BEACHCOMBER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbēch-ˌkō-mər ]

noun

Date: 1840

1. : a white man living as a drifter or loafer especially on the islands of the South Pacific

2. : a person who searches along a shore (as for salable refuse or for seashells)

• beach·comb -ˌkōm verb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.