itinerant

CEFRB2

/aɪˈtɪnɚənt/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A member of the Travelling Community, whether settled or not.

Examples

  • Vagabonds are some of the most itinerant people out there.

  • Tom is an itinerant preacher.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. One who travels from place to place.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Habitually travelling from place to place.

More examples

In context

  • an itinerant preacher or peddler

  • The king's own courts were then itinerant, being kept in the king's palace, and removing with his household in those royal progresses which he continually made.

  • most children in trouble were placed in detention homes, in institutions for the retarded, on wards with psychotic adults, or were left at home to fester there, occasionally seen by an itinerant teacher.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Late Latin itinerantem, present active participle of itineror (“travel”), from itiner-. By surface analysis, Latin itiner- + -ant.