floater
noun
- a person or thing that floats
- ☆ a person who illegally casts a vote at each of several polling places
- ☆ a person who changes his or her place of residence or work at frequent intervals; drifter; esp., a transient laborer
- an employee who works at various times, locations, etc. as required by an employer
- an insurance policy covering movable property irrespective of its location at the time of loss
- specks that appear to float before the eyes, caused by defects or impurities in the vitreous humor; muscae volitantes
See floater in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(flōˈtər)
noun- One that floats or is capable of floating.
- One who wanders; a drifter.
- An employee who is reassigned from job to job or shift to shift within an operation.
- One who votes illegally in different polling places.
- An insurance policy that protects movable property in transit or regularly subject to use in varying places.
- Slang A corpse found floating in a body of water.
- A speck or small thread in the visual field, usually perceived to be moving, that are caused by minute aggregations of cells or proteins in the vitreous humor of the eye.
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