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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Ben Weiss, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
The task of making meaning from the roughly five thousand issues—along with innumerable online articles, thousands of podcast episodes, and hundreds of short films—of a publication defined by an itinerant curiosity is not an enviable one.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
The poor and itinerant classes bore the brunt of these developments, while the wealthy were more insulated from their assault.
—Linda Kinstler, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
For an itinerant director who left his native Iran in his youth to make films around the world — including in France Chile, Malaysia, Taiwan, Lithuania — and believing each country was his home while there, being suddenly picked to fly the flag for Canada is a game changer.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
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Ben Weiss, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
The task of making meaning from the roughly five thousand issues—along with innumerable online articles, thousands of podcast episodes, and hundreds of short films—of a publication defined by an itinerant curiosity is not an enviable one.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
The poor and itinerant classes bore the brunt of these developments, while the wealthy were more insulated from their assault.
—Linda Kinstler, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
For an itinerant director who left his native Iran in his youth to make films around the world — including in France Chile, Malaysia, Taiwan, Lithuania — and believing each country was his home while there, being suddenly picked to fly the flag for Canada is a game changer.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
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 16 Dec. 2025.
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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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