itinerant

adjective

itin·er·ant | \ ī-ˈti-nə-rənt

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Definition of itinerant

: traveling from place to place especially : covering a circuit itinerant preacher

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an itinerant musician can see a lot of the world

Recent Examples on the Web Fern rebuilds an itinerant life from the ashes of that loss and the death of her husband. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "Nomadland Explores Survival on the Road After the Great Recession," 20 Feb. 2021 There’s a major beet harvest in North Dakota that employs a number of older itinerant workers, but the crew couldn’t get access to it. — Jackson Mchenry, Vulture, "Tracking Nomadland’s Path Across the American West," 19 Feb. 2021 The military moved him every three years or so, an itinerant life that mirrored his upbringing as a preacher’s son. — New York Times, "In a Widening News Desert on the Border, a Tabloid Start-Up Defies the Odds," 1 Jan. 2021 As Fern traverses the infrastructure of itinerant America, the cast of actors and non-actors combine sentimentality and realism, pioneer conviction and political pathos. — Armond White, National Review, "Nomadland Transforms America into Alienation Nation," 15 Jan. 2021 Starkel knows something about an itinerant life, not only because of his three-college odyssey. — Steve Kroner, SFChronicle.com, "Well-traveled QB Nick Starkel at home with unbeaten, bowl-bound San Jose State," 29 Dec. 2020 Northwest takes the form of a felicitous friendship between itinerant baker Cookie and Chinese immigrant King-Lu. — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, "‘First Cow’ ‘gives the loneliest of us hope,’ say the film’s stars," 6 Jan. 2021 The Notre Dame choir used to give 60 concerts a year inside the cathedral but has been itinerant ever since, moving among other Paris churches. — Fox News, "Christmas Eve concert held in Paris' fire-wrecked Notre Dame," 24 Dec. 2020 Filmed in Nebraska, the drama follows a former school teacher (played by Frances McDormand) who becomes a gig-economy itinerant worker after her factory town literally shuts down during a recession. — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, "What do ‘Elegy’ and ‘Nomadland’ say about Hollywood’s view of rural life?," 16 Dec. 2020

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“Itinerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/itinerant. Accessed 3 Mar. 2021.

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itinerant

adjective

English Language Learners Definition of itinerant

: traveling from place to place : staying in a place for only a short amount of time

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itinerant

adjective

itin·er·ant | \ ī-ˈti-nə-rənt

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: traveling from place to place

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