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Floater   /flˈoʊtər/   Listen
Floater

noun
1.
Spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens.  Synonyms: musca volitans, muscae volitantes, spots.
2.
A debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills).
3.
A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support.  Synonyms: drifter, vagabond, vagrant.
4.
An employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed.
5.
A voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election.
6.
A swimmer who floats in the water.
7.
An object that floats or is capable of floating.
8.
An insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location.  Synonym: floating policy.





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"Floater" Quotes from Famous Books



... Pete hurled his bat away from him, after making a mighty swing at a slow floater. He ...
— The Boy Scout Fire Fighters - or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed • Robert Maitland
... floater began to bob fiercely up and down. There was a strong tug on her line, and the reel began to revolve at a high rate of speed, as Mr. Fish, evidently aware that in snapping what appeared to be a nice, fat ...
— Dorothy's Triumph • Evelyn Raymond
... as from aunt to nephew, but I bore her no resentment. No doubt, if you looked at it from a certain angle, Bertram might be considered to have made something of a floater. ...
— Right Ho, Jeeves • P. G. Wodehouse
... was delighted, and took the infant and loved it as her own child. They named him Plavacek (the floater), because he had come to them floating ...
— Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen • Alexander Chodsko
... shelter of the bridges of the Seine were just awakening to life and a renewed sense of misery. The thin fog had begun to lift. The sharper eyes of the dog discovered the proximity of human beings before the latter could see him, and he let go of his floater long enough to utter a ...
— Mlle. Fouchette - A Novel of French Life • Charles Theodore Murray


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