beachcomber

name

1. A retreat in Smiths Bay, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia.
2. A private island, one of the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bakiz Proto-West Germanic *baki Old English bæċ Middle English bache English beach English comber English beachcomber From beach + comber.

1. A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others.

   “The society of beach-combers always repays the small pains you need be at to enjoy it. They are easy of approach and affable in conversation.”

2. Any loafer around a waterfront.
3. A person who collects marine salvage at the coast.

   “Now and again a wreck was to be seen, or a vessel left lonely and sad on a reef, her rigging dismantled and only waiting for beachcombers to come and break her up for the sake of her timber and old iron.”

4. A long rolling wave of the sea.