Skip to content

itinerant

noun

No English definition recorded for this entry.

L322766 on Wikidata ↗

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

L337931 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /aɪˈtɪnɚənt/

adj

Etymology: From Late Latin itinerantem, present active participle of itineror (“travel”), from itiner-. By surface analysis, Latin itiner- + -ant.

  1. Habitually travelling from place to place.

    an itinerant preacher or peddler

    The king's own courts were then itinerant, being kept in the king's palace, and removing with his household in those royal progresses which he continually made.

noun

Etymology: From Late Latin itinerantem, present active participle of itineror (“travel”), from itiner-. By surface analysis, Latin itiner- + -ant.

  1. One who travels from place to place.
  2. A member of the Travelling Community, whether settled or not.