beachcomber

See also: Beachcomber

English

Alternative forms

beach-comber

Etymology

beach +‎ comber

Noun

beachcomber (plural beachcombers)

A long rolling wave of the sea.
(nautical) A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 46
  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.
A person who collects marine salvage at the coast.
Any loafer around a waterfront.

Translations

a seaman who hangs around port areas living off the charity of others

French: batteur de grève m

German: Strandräuber m

a loafer around a waterfront

German: Strandfaulenzer m

Manx: ronseyder traie m

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