Floaters

[floh-ter] /ˈfloʊ tər/

noun
1.
a person or thing that floats.
2.
Informal. a person who is continually changing his or her place of abode, employment, etc.
3.
an employee without a fixed job assignment:
One of our officers works as a floater, filling in when someone is out.
4.
U.S. Politics. a voter not attached to any party, especially a person whose vote may be purchased.
5.
a person who fraudulently votes, usually for pay, in different places in the same election.
6.
a speck or string that appears to be drifting across the eye just outside the line of vision, caused by cells or cell fragments in the vitreous humor registering on the retina; musca volitans.
7.
Also called floating policy. Insurance. a policy that insures movable personal property, covering a loss in any location.
8.
Finance. any security or note that has a floating rate.
9.
Medicine/Medical Slang. a corpse found floating in a body of water.
10.
Animal Behavior. a territorial animal that has been unable to claim a territory and is forced into undefended, marginal areas with limited resources.
11.
Australian. a meat pie served in a plate of gravy or pea soup.
/ˈfləʊtə/
noun
1.
a person or thing that floats
2.
any of a number of dark spots that appear in one’s vision as a result of dead cells or fragments in the lens or vitreous humour of the eye
3.
(US & Canadian)

4.
(US & Canadian, insurance) Also called floating policy. a policy covering loss or theft of or damage to movable property, such as jewels or furs, regardless of its location
5.
(US, informal) a person who often changes employment, residence, etc; drifter
6.
(Austral) a loose gold- or opal-bearing rock
7.
(Austral) (esp in Adelaide) a meat pie in a plate of pea soup
n.

“dead body found in water,” 1890, U.S. slang, agent noun from float (v.).

floaters float·ers (flō’tər)
pl.n.
Specks or small threads in the visual field, usually perceived to be moving, that are caused by minute aggregations of cells or proteins in the vitreous humor of the eye.

noun