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"coal",
"coal"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(mining, historical) A person employed in driving in rock other than coal."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
],
"topics": [
"business",
"mining"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɹɪftə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɹɪftɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vagabond"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Landstreicher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Herumtreiber"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vagabund"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rumtreiber"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "vagabondo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "giramondo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "persona alla deriva"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "skítnik",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ски́тник"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "kaiparo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "hākoke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "kaewa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "kaipaoe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "kaipāwe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "mōnaroa"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "skitnica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "lutalica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"word": "frenter"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trotamundo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person moving from place to place or job to job",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vagabundo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "type of sail",
"word": "drifteri"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "type of sail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fiocco"
}
],
"word": "drifter"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -er (occupation)",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"en:People"
],
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"2": "drift",
"3": "er",
"id2": "occupation",
"pos1": "noun"
},
"expansion": "drift (noun) + -er",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From drift (noun) + -er.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "drifters",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "drift fishing"
},
{
"word": "drift net"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Fishing"
],
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"One who takes part in drift fishing."
],
"links": [
[
"fishing",
"fishing#Noun"
],
[
"drift fishing",
"drift fishing"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(fishing) One who takes part in drift fishing."
],
"topics": [
"fishing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Fishing"
],
"glosses": [
"A boat used for drift fishing."
],
"links": [
[
"fishing",
"fishing#Noun"
],
[
"drift fishing",
"drift fishing"
]
],
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"(fishing) A boat used for drift fishing."
],
"topics": [
"fishing",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈdɹɪftə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɹɪftɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
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}
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"args": {
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},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish non-lemma forms",
"Swedish noun forms"
],
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"word": "drift"
}
],
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"indefinite plural of drift"
],
"links": [
[
"drift",
"drift#Swedish"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "drifter"
}
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.
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