Definitions for: Itinerant


[n] an itinerant laborer who works for a short time in various places
[adj] working for a short time in different places; "itinerant laborers"; "a road show"; "traveling salesman"; "touring company"
[adj] traveling from place to place to work; "itinerant labor"; "an itinerant judge"



Webster (1913) Definition: I*tin"er*ant, a. [LL. itinerans, -antis, p. pr. of
itinerare to make a journey, fr. L. iter, itineris, a walk,
way, journey. See Errant, Issue.]
Passing or traveling about a country; going or preaching on a
circuit; wandering; not settled; as, an itinerant preacher;
an itinerant 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.
--Blackstone.


I*tin"er*ant, a.
One who travels from place to place, particularly a preacher;
one who is unsettled.

Glad to turn itinerant, To stroll and teach from town
to town. --Hudibras.

Synonyms: moving, road, touring, traveling, unsettled

See Also: Bohemian, Gipsy, Gypsy, jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer, Romany, Rommany, tinker

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