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seachanger

seachanger noun: one who moves to a location in proximity to the ocean, for whom such a move is an extreme shift in one's life.

Noun

seachanger (plural seachangers)

  1. (Australia) One who moves to a location in proximity to the ocean, for whom such a move is an extreme shift in one's life.
    • The hardest challenge – one to be faced by every aspiring seachanger – is the slide back down the greasy corporate pole.2008, James Woodford, Real Dirt: How I Beat My Grid-Life Crisis, page 89
    • Rapid rail links with the rest of the country have today made the Atlantic Coast popular with seachangers, as well as with students attending the area′s many major universities.2009, Nicola Williams, Oliver Berry, Steve Fallon, France, Lonely Planet, page 651

Forms of seachanger

pluralseachangers

Origin of seachanger

From sea change + -er.

Questions about seachanger

What does seachanger mean?
Seachanger means one who moves to a location in proximity to the ocean, for whom such a move is an extreme shift in one's life.
What part of speech is seachanger?
Seachanger is a noun.
What is the plural of seachanger?
The plural of seachanger is seachangers.

Words near seachanger in the dictionary

  1. seacatch
  2. seacatchie
  3. seacave
  4. seacaves
  5. seachange
  6. seachanger
  7. seachangers
  8. seachanges
  9. seacliff
  10. seacliffs
  11. seacoal

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