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Itinerant definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ITIN'ERANT, a. [L. iter, a way or journey.] Passing or traveling about a country; wandering; not settled; as an itinerant preacher.
ITIN'ERANT, n. One who travels from place to place, particularly a preacher; one who is unsettled.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: traveling from place to place to work; "itinerant labor"; "an itinerant judge" n
1: a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders" [syn: itinerant, gypsy, gipsy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Late Latin itinerant-, itinerans, present participle of itinerari to journey, from Latin itiner-, iter journey, way; akin to Hittite itar way, Latin ire to go — more at issue Date: circa 1576 traveling from place to place; especially covering a circuit <itinerant preacher> • itinerant noun • itinerantly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. travelling from place to place. --n. an itinerant person; a tramp. Phrases and idioms: itinerant judge (or minister etc.) a judge, minister, etc. travelling within a circuit. Derivatives: itineracy n. itinerancy n. Etymology: LL itinerari travel f. L iter itiner- journey

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Itinerant I*tin"er*ant, a. [LL. itinerans, -antis, p. pr. of itinerare to make a journey, fr. L. iter, itineris, a walk, way, journey. See Errant, Issue.] Passing or traveling about a country; going or preaching on a circuit; wandering; not settled; as, an itinerant preacher; an itinerant 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. --Blackstone.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Itinerant I*tin"er*ant, a. One who travels from place to place, particularly a preacher; one who is unsettled. Glad to turn itinerant, To stroll and teach from town to town. --Hudibras.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(itinerants) 1. An itinerant worker travels around a region, working for short periods in different places. (FORMAL) ...the author's experiences as an itinerant musician. = travelling ADJ: ADJ n 2. An itinerant is someone whose way of life involves travelling around, usually someone who is poor and homeless. (FORMAL) N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Travelling, wandering, roving, roaming, nomadic, going from place to place, unsettled.

Moby Thesaurus

Ahasuerus, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Flying Dutchman, Goliard, Odysseus, Oisin, Ossian, Ulysses, ambulant, ambulative, ambulatory, bird of passage, circuit-riding, drifter, expeditionary, floater, gad, gadabout, globe-girdling, globe-trotting, go-about, going, itinerary, journeying, locomotive, mover, moving, mundivagant, nomadic, on tour, passing, pedestrian, perambulating, perambulatory, peregrinative, peregrinator, peregrine, peripatetic, pilgrimlike, progressing, rambler, rambling, ranging, roamer, roaming, rolling stone, rover, roving, runabout, shifting, straggler, stroller, strolling, strolling player, touring, touristic, touristy, traveling, trekking, troubadour, vagabond, vagrant, visitant, walking, wanderer, wandering, wandering minstrel, wandering scholar, wayfaring