"beachcomber" meaning in All languages combined

See beachcomber on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: beachcombers [plural]
Etymology: From beach + comber. Etymology templates: {{af|en|beach|comber}} beach + comber Head templates: {{en-noun}} beachcomber (plural beachcombers)
  1. (nautical) A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others. Categories (topical): Nautical, People Translations (seaman who hangs around port areas living off the charity of others): batteur de grève [masculine] (French), Strandräuber [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-beachcomber-en-noun-QqdtwRpc Disambiguation of People: 31 26 31 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 24 9 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 23 14 17 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'seaman who hangs around port areas living off the charity of others': 81 6 10 3
  2. Any loafer around a waterfront. Categories (topical): People Translations (loafer around a waterfront): rantapummi (Finnish), Strandfaulenzer [masculine] (German), ronseyder traie [masculine] (Manx)
    Sense id: en-beachcomber-en-noun-sxihizU~ Disambiguation of People: 31 26 31 12 Disambiguation of 'loafer around a waterfront': 8 86 4 2
  3. A person who collects marine salvage at the coast. Categories (topical): People Translations (person who collectes marine salvage at the coast): strandjutter [masculine] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-beachcomber-en-noun-uT9i0AAP Disambiguation of People: 31 26 31 12 Disambiguation of 'person who collectes marine salvage at the coast': 15 3 80 2
  4. A long rolling wave of the sea. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-beachcomber-en-noun-gflLtRV3 Disambiguation of People: 31 26 31 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: beach-comber

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for beachcomber meaning in All languages combined (4.0kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "beach",
        "3": "comber"
      },
      "expansion": "beach + comber",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From beach + comber.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beachcombers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "beachcomber (plural beachcombers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 24 9 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 23 14 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 26 31 12",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others."
      ],
      "id": "en-beachcomber-en-noun-QqdtwRpc",
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "seaman",
          "seaman"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "port",
          "port"
        ],
        [
          "charity",
          "charity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "81 6 10 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "seaman who hangs around port areas living off the charity of others",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "batteur de grève"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 6 10 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "seaman who hangs around port areas living off the charity of others",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Strandräuber"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 26 31 12",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any loafer around a waterfront."
      ],
      "id": "en-beachcomber-en-noun-sxihizU~",
      "links": [
        [
          "loafer",
          "loafer"
        ],
        [
          "waterfront",
          "waterfront"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "8 86 4 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "loafer around a waterfront",
          "word": "rantapummi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 86 4 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "loafer around a waterfront",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Strandfaulenzer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 86 4 2",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "loafer around a waterfront",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ronseyder traie"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 26 31 12",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 35",
          "text": "Now and again a wreck was to be seen, or a vessel left lonely and sad on a reef, her rigging dismantled and only waiting for beachcombers to come and break her up for the sake of her timber and old iron.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who collects marine salvage at the coast."
      ],
      "id": "en-beachcomber-en-noun-uT9i0AAP",
      "links": [
        [
          "salvage",
          "salvage"
        ],
        [
          "coast",
          "coast"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "15 3 80 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "person who collectes marine salvage at the coast",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "strandjutter"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 26 31 12",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A long rolling wave of the sea."
      ],
      "id": "en-beachcomber-en-noun-gflLtRV3",
      "links": [
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ],
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "beach-comber"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beachcomber"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "beach",
        "3": "comber"
      },
      "expansion": "beach + comber",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From beach + comber.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beachcombers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "beachcomber (plural beachcombers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "seaman",
          "seaman"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "port",
          "port"
        ],
        [
          "charity",
          "charity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any loafer around a waterfront."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "loafer",
          "loafer"
        ],
        [
          "waterfront",
          "waterfront"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 35",
          "text": "Now and again a wreck was to be seen, or a vessel left lonely and sad on a reef, her rigging dismantled and only waiting for beachcombers to come and break her up for the sake of her timber and old iron.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who collects marine salvage at the coast."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "salvage",
          "salvage"
        ],
        [
          "coast",
          "coast"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A long rolling wave of the sea."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ],
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "beach-comber"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "seaman who hangs around port areas living off the charity of others",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "batteur de grève"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "seaman who hangs around port areas living off the charity of others",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Strandräuber"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "loafer around a waterfront",
      "word": "rantapummi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "loafer around a waterfront",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Strandfaulenzer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "loafer around a waterfront",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ronseyder traie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who collectes marine salvage at the coast",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strandjutter"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beachcomber"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.