Wiktionary:Word of the day/2024/March 27

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floater n

A person who floats. A person who physically floats in a gas or liquid. (law enforcement, slang) A corpse floating in a body of water. (figurative) A person without a fixed or lasting affiliation, position, or role. A person who frequently changes where they live; a drifter, a vagrant. A person who frequently changes employment. An employee of an organization who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when someone else is away; also, a short-term employee; a temporary, a temp. An "extra" (male) guest at a party who is asked by the host to entertain the other (often female) guests. (slang) A person who attaches themselves to a group of people, and who repeatedly shows up at group activities even though this is undesired by the group; a hanger-on. (politics) A voter who shifts their allegiance from one political party to another, especially (US) one whose vote can be illegally purchased. (US) A person who votes illegally in various electoral districts or polling places, either under a false voter registration or under the name of a properly registered voter who has not yet voted. (US) A person, such as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents an irregular constituency, such as one formed by a union of the voters of two counties neither of which has a number sufficient to be allowed one (or an extra) representative of its own. (sports) A player not affiliated with a team. [...]

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