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beachcomber

American  
[beech-koh-mer] / ˈbitʃˌkoʊ mər /

noun

  1. a person who lives by gathering saleable articles of jetsam, refuse, etc., from beaches.

  2. a vagrant who lives on the seashore, especially a nonnative person living in such a way on a South Pacific island.

  3. a long wave rolling in from the ocean onto the beach.

beachcomber British  
/ ˈbiːtʃˌkəʊmə /

noun

  1. a person who searches shore debris for anything of worth, esp a vagrant living on a beach

  2. (in British Columbia) a person who is paid for salvaging loose logs and returning them to logging companies

  3. a long high wave rolling onto a beach

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Other Word Forms

  • beachcombing noun

Etymology

Origin of beachcomber

First recorded in 1830–40; beach + comber

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