Usually means: Person who searches shore for treasures.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word beachcomber:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. beachcomber: Merriam-Webster
  2. beachcomber: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. beachcomber: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. beachcomber: Collins English Dictionary
  5. beachcomber: Vocabulary.com
  6. Beachcomber, beachcomber: Wordnik
  7. beachcomber: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Beachcomber, beachcomber: Wiktionary
  9. beachcomber: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. beachcomber: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. beachcomber: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. beachcomber: Dictionary.com
  13. Beachcomber (Transformers), Beachcomber (pen name), Beachcomber, The Beachcomber (TV series): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. beachcomber: Rhymezone
  15. beachcomber: FreeDictionary.org
  16. beachcomber: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. beachcomber: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. beachcomber: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. beachcomber: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. beachcomber: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. beachcomber: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (nautical) A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others.
▸ noun:  Any loafer around a waterfront.
▸ noun:  A person who collects marine salvage at the coast.
▸ noun:  A long rolling wave of the sea.
▸ noun:  A retreat in Smiths Bay, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia.
▸ noun:  A private island, one of the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji.

Similar:
beachkeeper, seasoner, beachboy, beach bum, rag bagger, wharf rat, coaster, rag-bagger, scrounger, hodad, more...

Opposite:
landlubber, non-swimmer, non-beachgoer

Adjectives:
old, white, inoffensive, regular, drunken, british, barefooted, eyed, true, casual, ragged

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Similar:
beachkeeper, seasoner, beachboy, beach bum, rag bagger, wharf rat, coaster, rag-bagger, scrounger, hodad, more...

Opposite:
landlubber, non-swimmer, non-beachgoer

Adjectives:
old, white, inoffensive, regular, drunken, british, barefooted, eyed, true, casual, ragged



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