itinerant
Use Itinerant in a sentence
ər adjective
1.
traveling from place to place, especially on a circuit, as a minister, judge, or sales representative; itinerating; journeying.
2.
characterized by such traveling: itinerant preaching.
3.
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
4.
a person who alternates between working and wandering.
5.
a person who travels from place to place, especially for duty or business.
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Origin:
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
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 forms
i·tin·er·ant·ly, adverb
un·i·tin·er·ant, adjective
Synonyms
1, 3. wandering, nomadic, migratory, unsettled, roving, roaming; peripatetic.
1, 3. wandering, nomadic, migratory, unsettled, roving, roaming; peripatetic.
Antonyms
1. settled.
1. settled.
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itinerant (ɪˈtɪnərənt, aɪ-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | itinerating |
| 2. | working for a short time in various places, esp as a casual labourer |
| —n | |
| 3. | an itinerant worker or other person |
| [C16: from Late Latin itinerārī to travel, from iter a journey] | |
| i'tinerantly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
itinerant
1560s (attested in Anglo-L. from late 13c.), from L.L. itinerantem (nom. itinerans), prp. of itinerare "to travel," from L. iter (gen. itineris) "journey," from ire "go" (see ion). Originally in reference to circuit courts.
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Example sentences
The outside world knew of the horrors and atrocities of that day only from the reports of itinerant journalists.
There have been itinerant calculators of normal intelligence as well.
Instead, they cite an itinerant childhood as a key ingredient in their success.
Every six months or so he buys a script from one of the many itinerant writers trawling the market, and hires a producer and crew.
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