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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024i•tin•er•ant /aɪˈtɪnərənt, ɪˈtɪn-/USA pronunciation adj. [before a noun]- working in one place for a short time and then moving on to another place, as a physical or outdoor laborer:itinerant workers.
- traveling from place to place, esp. on a circuit, as a minister or judge.
n. [countable] - a person who alternates between working and wandering.
- a person who travels from place to place, for business.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024i•tin•er•ant (ī tin′ər ənt, i tin′-),USA pronunciation adj. - traveling from place to place, esp. 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.
n. - a person who alternates between working and wandering.
- a person who travels from place to place, esp. for duty or business.
- 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
- 1, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged wandering, nomadic, migratory, unsettled, roving, roaming; peripatetic.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged settled.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: itinerant /ɪˈtɪnərənt aɪ-/ adj - itinerating
- working for a short time in various places, esp as a casual labourer
n - an itinerant worker or other person
Etymology: 16th Century: from Late Latin itinerārī to travel, from iter a journeyiˈtinerantly adv |