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itinerant [ahy-tin-er-uhnt, ih-tin-] SynonymsExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for itinerant on Thesaurus.com adjective
- traveling from place to place, especially on a circuit, as a minister, judge, or sales representative; itinerating; journeying.
- characterized by such traveling: itinerant preaching.
- working in one place for a comparatively short time and then moving on to work in another place, usually as a physical or outdoor laborer; characterized by alternating periods of working and wandering: an itinerant farm hand.
noun
- a person who alternates between working and wandering.
- a person who travels from place to place, especially for duty or business.
Origin of itinerant 1560–70; Late Latin itinerant- (stem of itinerāns), present participle of itinerārī to journey, equivalent to itiner- (stem of iter) journey (see iter) + -ant- -ant Related formsi·tin·er·ant·ly, adverbun·i·tin·er·ant, adjectiveSynonyms for itinerant See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com 1, 3. wandering, nomadic, migratory, unsettled, roving, roaming; peripatetic.Antonyms for itinerant 1. settled. Related Words for itinerant peripatetic, nomadic, wandering, roving, vagrant, gypsy, ambulatory, wayfaring, vagabond, floating, travelling, afoot, migratory, moving, unsettled, ranging, ambulant Examples from the Web for itinerant Contemporary Examples of itinerant
Unlike Brunner, Remer was itinerant, and spent much time in that other nest of postwar Nazis—Cairo.
Guy Walters
December 7, 2014
In the meantime, he continued his itinerant existence, sometimes living for months in his Airstream trailer with no phone.
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Malcolm Jones
July 30, 2013
This 13th-century fresco of a lion was painted near Burgos in Spain, probably by an itinerant English artist from Winchester.
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Blake Gopnik
March 15, 2013
From there, Leo lived an itinerant childhood, eventually winding up in England.
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Jacob Bernstein
February 21, 2011
It’s a memoir of growing up as the son of an itinerant Arabist foreign service officer.
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Historical Examples of itinerant
For miles we only meet two road-menders and an itinerant glazier.
Matilda Betham-Edwards
After a few years he quitted his cellar, and became an itinerant dealer in hair.
Samuel Smiles
Therefore let no man be an itinerant mendicant and he will not be beset with pain.
Unknown
How mysterious was the providence which induced me to enter the itinerant ministry.
Egerton Ryerson
Some of these itinerant writing craftsmen had professional fame.
William Allen White
British Dictionary definitions for itinerant itinerant adjective
- itinerating
- working for a short time in various places, esp as a casual labourer
noun
- an itinerant worker or other person
Derived Formsitinerantly, adverbWord Origin for itinerant C16: from Late Latin itinerārī to travel, from iter a journey Word Origin and History for itinerant adj.
1560s (attested in Anglo-Latin from late 13c.), from Late Latin itinerantem (nominative itinerans), present participle of itinerare “to travel,” from Latin iter (genitive itineris) “journey,” from ire “go” (see ion). Originally in reference to circuit courts.