transient
noun/ˈtrænziənt/
/ˈtrænʃnt/
(especially North American English)- a person who stays or works in a place for only a short time, before moving on
- Most of the farm workers are transients.
Extra Examples- It was a town of transients waiting for the boat to Egypt.
- She was just a transient passing through town.
- The people who worked in the canneries were mainly transients.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin transient- ‘going across’, from the verb transire, from trans- ‘across’ + ire ‘go’.
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