Herumtreiber — meaning in English
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English meaning
- drifter noun A person who moves from place to place or job to job without settling down.
- prowler noun A person who lurks or moves around a place secretly, often intending to commit a crime like burglary.
- rounder noun A regular at bars or similar places, often used disapprovingly for someone seen as disreputable.
Senses
Herumtreiber is used for these senses in English:
- drifter (sometimes, pejorative) A person who moves from place to place or job to job.
- prowler One who roves about for prey; one who prowls.
- rolling stone (idiomatic) A person who moves around a lot and never settles down; a vagrant.
- rounder A person who makes the rounds of bars, saloons, and similar establishments; figuratively, a debaucher or roué
drifter — full definition
- noun A person who moves from place to place or job to job without settling down.
- noun A driver who deliberately slides a car sideways through corners as a driving technique or sport.