itinerant
Americanadjective
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traveling from place to place, especially on a circuit, as a minister, judge, or sales representative; itinerating; journeying.
- Antonyms:
- settled
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characterized by such traveling.
itinerant preaching.
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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
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a person who alternates between working and wandering.
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a person who travels from place to place, especially for duty or business.
adjective
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itinerating
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working for a short time in various places, esp as a casual labourer
noun
Other Word Forms
- itinerantly adverb
- unitinerant adjective
Etymology
Origin of itinerant
1560–70; < Late Latin itinerant- (stem of itinerāns ), present participle of itinerārī to journey, equivalent to itiner- (stem of iter ) journey ( iter ) + -ant- -ant
Example Sentences
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The military is perennially short on pilots, and what animates most young men and women to sign up certainly isn’t the pay or the itinerant lifestyle.
Jully Lee was brilliant as Hannah, the itinerant painter who turns up with her 97-year-old poet father at a Mexican seaside inn that is like a refuge for the world’s strays.
From Los Angeles Times
However, when your destination is itinerant and camouflaged by galaxies of LED lights, finding a particular art car in the dark can be a fool’s errand.
From Los Angeles Times
Based on Guthrie’s 1943 autobiography and starring David Carradine as the itinerant, socially conscious musician, the movie was nominated for six Oscars, including picture, adapted screenplay and film editing.
From Los Angeles Times
Hannah has earned her wisdom the hard way — by accepting her itinerant fate.
From Los Angeles Times
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