itinerant
itin·er·ant
adjective \-rənt\Definition of ITINERANT
: traveling from place to place; especially : covering a circuit <itinerant preacher>
— itinerant noun
— itin·er·ant·ly adverb
Examples of ITINERANT
- <an itinerant musician can see a lot of the world>
Origin of ITINERANT
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
First Known Use: circa 1576
Related to ITINERANT
- Synonyms
- ambulant, ambulatory, errant, fugitive, gallivanting (also galavanting), nomad, nomadic, perambulatory, peregrine, peripatetic, ranging, roaming, roving, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring, on the move
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