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itinerant

adj
/aɪˈtɪnɚənt/

Etymology

From Late Latin itinerantem, present active participle of itineror (“travel”), from itiner-. By surface analysis, Latin itiner- + -ant.

  1. borrowed from itinerāns

Definitions

  1. Habitually travelling from place to place.

    • an itinerant preacher or peddler
    • The king's own courts were then itinerant, being kept in the king's palace, and removing with his household in those royal progresses which he continually made.
    • most children in trouble were placed in detention homes, in institutions for the retarded, on wards with psychotic adults, or were left at home to fester there, occasionally seen by an itinerant teacher.

  2. One who travels from place to place.

  3. A member of the Travelling Community, whether settled or not.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Alternative form of itinerant (“member of the Travelling Community”).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA