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itinerant

/aɪˈtɪnɚənt/

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What does itinerant mean?

adjective

  1. Habitually travelling from place to place.

noun

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

noun

  1. Alternative form of itinerant (“member of the Travelling Community”).
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IPA pronunciation

/aɪˈtɪnɚənt/

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Such specialists travelled about from place to place in much the same manner as the itinerant "Indian doctors" and "lightning tooth-extractors" do to-day.
Henry Smith Williams; Edward Huntington WilliamsA History of Science — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #1705
At the present day a sort of roulette is used for the same purpose by the itinerant caterers to the sweetmeat and fruit-loving little ones.
Andrew SteinmetzThe Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 1 (of 2)Project Gutenberg ebook #466
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A tight-rope dancer, a snake charmer, an itinerant showman with a performing goat, monkey, or dancing bear, may make his appearance before the admiring crowd.
James InglisSport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo PlanterProject Gutenberg ebook #10818
He travelled with his engine from farm to farm, from county to county, for as yet the steam threshing-machine was itinerant in this part of Wessex.
Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure WomanProject Gutenberg ebook #110