floater

1. A person who floats.

   A person who physically floats in a gas or liquid.

   a swimmer who floats in the water

2. A person who physically floats in a gas or liquid.

   (slang)A corpse floating in a body of water.

3. A person without a fixed or lasting affiliation, position, or role.

   (figuratively)A person who frequently changes where they live; a drifter, a vagrant.

4. (figuratively)A person who frequently changes employment.

5. (figuratively)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.

6. (figuratively)An "extra" (male) guest at a party who is asked by the host to entertain the other (often female) guests.

7. (figuratively, 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.

8. (figuratively)A voter who shifts their allegiance from one political party to another, especially (US) one whose vote can be illegally purchased.

   a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election

9. (US, figuratively)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.

10. (US, figuratively)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.

11. (figuratively)A player not affiliated with a team.

12. A thing which physically floats in a gas or liquid.

    A river mussel (genus Anodonta).

1. Intermediate uveitis is often characterized by the sudden presence of floaters.

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2. Mild to moderate cases of eye floaters can be frustrating and debilitating - but only if you let them.

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