Itinerant Definition

ī-tĭnər-ənt, ĭ-tĭn-
adjective
Traveling from place to place or on a circuit.
Webster's New World
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noun
A person who travels from place to place.
Webster's New World
(Ireland) A member of the Travelling Community, whether settled or not.
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Other Word Forms of Itinerant

Noun

Singular:
itinerant
Plural:
itinerants

Origin of Itinerant

  • Late Latin itinerāns itinerant- present participle of itinerārī to travel from Latin iter itiner- journey ei- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From itinerāns, present active participle of itineror (“I travel”).

    From Wiktionary

Itinerant Sentence Examples

  • The work of the itinerant instructors is very varied.

  • With a salary granted to him by parliament he resumed his itinerant preaching in Wales.

  • As an itinerant auctioneer he became well acquainted with the Germans in the S.E.

  • In this state it is sold to itinerant dealers.

  • The view of frankpledge (visus franciplegii), or the duty of ascertaining that the law with regard to frankpledges was complied with, was in the hands of the sheriffs, who held an itinerant court called the "sheriff's tourn" for this and other purposes.

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Words Starting With

IITITI

Words Ending With

TNTANT

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Words Starting With I and Ending With T

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With I9 Letter Words Ending With T