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Noun floater has 8 senses

• floater(n = noun.state) musca volitans, muscae volitantes, spots - spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens; "floaters seem to drift through the field of vision"
is a kind of symptom

• floater(n = noun.possession) Array - a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills); Array
is a kind of certificate of indebtedness, debt instrument, obligation

• floater(n = noun.person) drifter, vagabond, vagrant - a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support; Array
has particulars: beachcomber, sundowner, bum, hobo, tramp
is a kind of have-not, poor person, bird of passage, roamer, rover, wanderer

• floater(n = noun.person) Array - an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed; Array
is a kind of employee

• floater(n = noun.person) Array - a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election; Array
is a kind of elector, voter

• floater(n = noun.person) Array - a swimmer who floats in the water; Array
is a kind of bather, natator, swimmer
Derived form verb float₂

• floater(n = noun.object) Array - an object that floats or is capable of floating; Array
is a kind of object, physical object
has particulars: berg, iceberg
Derived form verb float₂

• floater(n = noun.communication) floating policy - an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location; Array
is a kind of insurance, insurance policy, policy

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floater

Ahasuerus, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Flying Dutchman, Goliard, Odysseus, Oisin, Ossian, Ulysses, ballot-box stuffer, balloter, bird of passage, bum, derelict, drifter, elector, fraudulent voter, gad, gadabout, go-about, hobo, itinerant, mover, peregrinator, peregrine, peripatetic, proxy, rambler, registered voter, repeater, roamer, rolling stone, rover, runabout, straggler, street arab, stroller, strolling player, tramp, troubadour, vag, vagrant, visitant, voter, wanderer, wandering minstrel, wandering scholar

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floater

Cunning

N cunning, craft, cunningness, craftiness, subtlety, artificiality, maneuvering, temporization, circumvention, chicane, chicanery, sharp practice, knavery, jugglery, concealment, guile, doubling, duplicity, foul play, diplomacy, politics, Machiavelism, jobbery, backstairs influence, art, artifice, device, machination, plot, maneuver, stratagem, dodge, sidestep, artful dodge, wile, trick, trickery, ruse, ruse de guerre, finesse, side blow, thin end of the wedge, shift, go by, subterfuge, evasion, white lie, juggle, tour de force, tricks of the trade, tricks upon travelers, espieglerie, net, trap, Ulysses, Machiavel, sly boots, fox, reynard, Scotchman, Jew, Yankee, intriguer, intrigant, floater, Indian giver, keener, repeater, cunning, crafty, artful, skillful, subtle, feline, vulpine, cunning as a fox, cunning as a serpent, deep, deep laid, profound, designing, contriving, intriguing, strategic, diplomatic, politic, Machiavelian, timeserving, artificial, tricky, tricksy, wily, sly, slim, insidious, stealthy, underhand, subdolous, deceitful, slippery as an eel, evasive, crooked, arch, pawky, shrewd, acute, sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp as a needle, canny, astute, leery, knowing, up to snuff, too clever by half, not to be caught with chaff, tactful, diplomatic, politic, polite, cunningly, slyly, slily, on the sly, by a side wind, diamond cut diamond, a' bis ou a blanc, fin contre fin, something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

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