beachcomber — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others.

   Examples

   The society of beach-combers always repays the small pains you need be at to enjoy it. They are easy of approach and affable in conversation.

2. Any loafer around a waterfront.

3. A person who collects marine salvage at the coast.

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   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.

4. A long rolling wave of the sea.

Noun

1. a vagrant living on a beach

   Broader terms

   vagrantdrifterfloatervagabondclochard