Definitions for beachcomber

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beachcomber beach·comb·er

Spelling: [beech-koh-mer]

IPA: /ˈbitʃˌkoʊ mər/

Beachcomber is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 24 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 28 points.

You can make 510 anagrams from letters in beachcomber (abbcceehmor).

Definitions for beachcomber

noun

1. a person who lives by gathering salable 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.

Origin of beachcomber

First recorded in 1830-40; beach + comber

Examples for beachcomber

He was wrecked on the Peruvian coast and became a beachcomber, and then got a berth in a whaler.

Ahead of them they now could see a moving light which undoubtedly was a flash lantern carried by the beachcomber.

The beachcomber meditated a few seconds; then he walked down to the boat.

Again the beachcomber struck the stalagmites, listening raptly while the sounds died slowly away.

Some beachcomber in Honolulu had whispered to you, and you'd written to the Governor to find out.

He slops around the lagoon like a beachcomber and hasn't brought in a decent specimen yet.

On calling the roll one dawn I found that The beachcomber was missing.

“Hold hard,” cried the beachcomber, when the bottom was nearly reached.

They followed the path, and a moment later caught a fleeting glimpse of the beachcomber.

I'll admit he's not exactly my style, but he's no beachcomber.