[ahy-tin-er-uh
nt, i-tin-] 
| 1. | traveling from place to place, esp. 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. |
| 4. | a person who alternates between working and wandering. |
| 5. | a person who travels from place to place, esp. for duty or business. |
| i·tin·er·ant (ī-tĭn'ər-ənt, ĭ-tĭn'-) adj. Traveling from place to place, especially to perform work or a duty: an itinerant judge; itinerant labor. n. One who travels from place to place. [Late Latin itinerāns, itinerant-, present participle of itinerārī, to travel, from Latin iter, itiner-, journey; see ei- in Indo-European roots.] i·tin'er·ant·ly adv. |