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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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
At the time of her birth, her father, Albert, an itinerant merchant and womanizer, was absent and her parents unmarried.
—Leslie Camhi, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
Commissioner Gary West made the motion to accept the new land use designation, relieving Josh‘s of its itinerant status despite the business being a fixture in town since the 1990s.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
After an itinerant childhood that took her family from Edinburgh to the West Coast of Scotland and then to France, Peckham grew up in New Zealand on the apple orchard without a television but with ample idle time.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Itinerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/itinerant. Accessed 10 Oct. 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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