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Floater

One who floats or swims.

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Bather 76% connected

One who bathes.

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Elector 76% connected

One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor of a candidate for off…

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Employee 76% connected

One employed by another.

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Insurance 76% connected

The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, o…

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Obligation 76% connected

The act of obligating.

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Policy 76% connected

Civil polity.

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Roamer 76% connected

One who roams; a wanderer.

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Rover 76% connected

One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.

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Swimmer 76% connected

One who swims.

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Symptom 76% connected

Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease…

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Voter 76% connected

One who votes; one who has a legal right to vote, or give his suffrage; an elector; a suffragist; as, an independent voter.

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Wanderer 76% connected

One who wanders; a rambler; one who roves; hence, one who deviates from duty.

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Beachcomber 76% connected

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Berg 76% connected

A large mass or hill, as of ice.

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Bum 76% connected

The buttock.

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Iceberg 76% connected

A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.

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Tramp 76% connected

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

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Float 74% connected

Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, somet…

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Float 74% connected

Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, somet…

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Synonym 2

Vagabond 92% connected

Moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.

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Vagrant 92% connected

Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.

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