itinerant
adjective
itin·er·ant
ī-ˈti-nə-rənt 
: traveling from place to place
especially
: covering a circuit
itinerant preacher
itinerant
noun
itinerantly
adverb
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In Latin, iter means "way" or "journey." That root was the parent of the Late Latin verb itinerari, meaning "to journey." It was that verb which ultimately gave rise to the English word for traveling types: itinerant. The linguistic grandparent, iter, also contributed to the development of other English words, including itinerary ("the route of a journey" and "the plan made for a journey") and errant ("traveling or given to traveling," as in knight-errant).
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an itinerant musician can see a lot of the world
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
The bureaucracy needed to confirm eligibility is costly; the available technology is often outdated; some determinations are unavoidably subjective; and communicating new rules to an itinerant population with brisk job turnover is a challenge, to say the least.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 27 May 2025
What emerges is a portrait of the artist as an itinerant hacker, and a snapshot of digital creation in the years before social media or the advent of the cloud.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 May 2025
Tensions are further inflamed by the arrival of an itinerant deckhand, Daniel, who makes known his feelings for Jack.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 May 2025
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“Itinerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/itinerant. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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itinerant
adjective
itin·er·ant
ī-ˈtin-ə-rənt
ə-ˈtin-
: traveling from place to place
an itinerant preacher
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