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itinerant definition

itin·er·ant (-ənt)

adjective

traveling from place to place or on a circuit

Etymology: LL itinerans, prp. of itinerari, to travel < L iter (gen. itineris), a walk, journey < base of ire, to go: see year

noun

a person who travels from place to place

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itinerant Synonyms

itinerant

modif.

wandering, roving, nomadic, vagrant, migratory, peripatetic; see also vagrant 2, wandering 1.

itinerant applies to persons whose work or profession requires them to travel from place to place itinerant laborers, an itinerant preacher; ambulatory specifically implies ability to walk about an ambulatory patient; peripatetic implies a walking or moving about in carrying on some activity and is applied humorously to persons who are always on the go; nomadic is applied to tribes or groups of people who have no permanent home, but move about constantly in search of food for themselves, pasture for the animals they herd, etc.; vagrant is applied to individuals who wander about without a fixed home, and implies shiftlessness, disorderliness, etc.


itinerant

n.

nomad, wanderer, vagabond; see tramp 1, traveler.


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itinerant Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: Woodman then returned to his native Sussex where he became an itinerant lay preacher.

Converse of subject

  • cause: What do you plan to do about the problems caused by itinerants?

Modifies a noun

  • preacher: The same day, an itinerant preacher came to the village.

Modifying Another Word

  • increasingly: Indeed, for many, the increasingly itinerant nature of work leads us into several different careers during our working lives.

Noun used with modifier

  • justice: The market was allowed to her by the justices itinerant.
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