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Floater

Floater Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Floater? [n] an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location [n] an object that floats or is capable of floating [n] a swimmer who floats in the water [n] a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election [n] an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed [n] a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support [n] a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills) [n] spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens Synonyms \| Synonyms for Floater: drifter \| floating policy \| musca volitans \| muscae volitantes \| spots \| vagrant Related Terms \| Find terms related to Floater: Ahasuerus \| Ancient Mariner \| Argonaut \| ballot-box stuffer \| balloter \| bird of passage \| bum \| derelict \| drifter \| elector \| Flying Dutchman \| fraudulent voter \| gad \| gadabout \| go-about \| Goliard \| hobo \| itinerant \| mover \| Odysseus \| Oisin \| Ossian \| peregrinator \| peregrine \| peripatetic \| proxy \| rambler \| registered voter \| repeater \| roamer \| rolling stone \| rover \| runabout \| straggler \| street arab \| stroller \| strolling player \| tramp \| troubadour \| Ulysses \| vag \| vagrant \| visitant \| voter \| wanderer \| wandering minstrel \| wandering scholar See Also \| bather \| beachcomber \| berg \| bird of passage \| bum \| certificate of indebtedness \| debt instrument \| elector \| employee \| have-not \| hobo \| iceberg \| insurance \| insurance policy \| natator \| object \| physical object \| policy \| poor person \| roamer \| rover \| sundowner \| swimmer \| symptom \| tramp \| voter \| wanderer Floater In Webster's Dictionary \Float"er\, n. 1. One who floats or swims. 2. A float for indicating the height of a liquid surface. \Float"er\ (Politics) (a) A voter who shifts from party to party, esp. one whose vote is purchasable. [U. S.] (b) A person, as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents an irregular constituency, as one formed by a union of the voters of two counties neither of which has a number sufficient to be allowed a (or an extra) representative of its own. [U. S.] (c) A person who votes illegally in various polling places or election districts, either under false registration made by himself or under the name of some properly registered person who has not already voted. [U. S.]

Floater Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Floater?

[n] an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location
[n] an object that floats or is capable of floating
[n] a swimmer who floats in the water
[n] a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election
[n] an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed
[n] a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
[n] a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills)
[n] spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens

Floater In Webster's Dictionary

\Float"er\, n.
1. One who floats or swims.

2. A float for indicating the height of a liquid surface.


\Float"er\ (Politics)
(a) A voter who shifts from party to party, esp. one whose
    vote is purchasable. [U. S.]
(b) A person, as a delegate to a convention or a member of a
    legislature, who represents an irregular constituency, as
    one formed by a union of the voters of two counties
    neither of which has a number sufficient to be allowed a
    (or an extra) representative of its own. [U. S.]
(c) A person who votes illegally in various polling places or
    election districts, either under false registration made
    by himself or under the name of some properly registered
    person who has not already voted. [U. S.]

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