itinerant
adjective
itin·er·ant
ī-ˈti-nə-rənt 
: traveling from place to place
especially
: covering a circuit
itinerant preacher
itinerant
noun
itinerantly
adverb
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In Latin, iter means "way" or "journey." That root was the parent of the Late Latin verb itinerari, meaning "to journey." It was that verb which ultimately gave rise to the English word for traveling types: itinerant. The linguistic grandparent, iter, also contributed to the development of other English words, including itinerary ("the route of a journey" and "the plan made for a journey") and errant ("traveling or given to traveling," as in knight-errant).
Examples of itinerant in a Sentence
an itinerant musician can see a lot of the world
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Big Think, 26 Mar. 2026
Bison are at risk of losing the landscape continuity needed for sustaining their lifestyle of itinerant forage.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
The itinerant festival launched in Kazakhstan, Central Asia in 2023 and expanded to Indonesia, Southeast Asia in 2024.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026
The artist, who was born in 1985 in Shanghai, has actively chosen an itinerant existence to reach beyond familiar horizons of both life and art, before eventually establishing a base in New York in late summer 2024.
—Li Qi, Artforum, 6 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for itinerant
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“Itinerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/itinerant. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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itinerant
adjective
itin·er·ant
ī-ˈtin-ə-rənt
ə-ˈtin-
: traveling from place to place
an itinerant preacher
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