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itinerant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /aɪˈtɪnɚənt/
  • (General-American) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Habitually travelling from place to place.
    • The Greek term translated as “apostle” derives from the concept of being sent, thus underlining the missionary and more itinerant nature of the ministry. 2010, Craig Ott, Gene Wilson, Global Church Planting:
    • most children in trouble were placed in detention homes, in institutions for the retarded, on wards with psychotic adults, or were left at home to fester there, occasionally seen by an itinerant teacher. 1971, Richard Austin King, Clifford Thomas Morgan, Readings for an Introduction to Psychology:
    • 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. 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
    • an itinerant preacher or peddler

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more itinerant Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most itinerant Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

itinerancy · itinerantly · nonitinerant · itinerant worker

Relateds

itinerance

Synonyms

strolling

Translations (43)

sv kringresande (travelling from place to place) · ca itinerant (travelling from place to place) · no omreisende (travelling from place to place) · el πλανόδιος (travelling from place to place) · et hulkuv (travelling from place to place) · nl rondtrekkend (travelling from place to place) · mi kānekeneke (travelling from place to place) · cmn 巡回的 (travelling from place to place) · bg странстващ (travelling from place to place) · pt itinerante (travelling from place to place) · ru гуляющий (travelling from place to place) · de Wander- (travelling from place to place) · gd siùbhlach (travelling from place to place) · ar مُتَنَقِّل (travelling from place to place) · et reisiv (travelling from place to place) · de reisend (travelling from place to place) · et rändav (travelling from place to place) · kmr gerok (travelling from place to place) · et reisi- (travelling from place to place) · io vaganta (travelling from place to place) · bg пътуващ (travelling from place to place) · nl rondreizend (travelling from place to place) · ja 巡回する (travelling from place to place) · et uitav (travelling from place to place) · az gəzərgi (travelling from place to place) · es itinerante (travelling from place to place) · he נודד (travelling from place to place) · cs potulný (travelling from place to place) · mi koroirangi (travelling from place to place) · it itinerante (travelling from place to place) · ru стра́нствующий (travelling from place to place) · mi tipihaere (travelling from place to place) · de umherziehend (travelling from place to place) · az səyyar (travelling from place to place) · eo migra (travelling from place to place) · de fahrend (travelling from place to place) · fr itinérant (travelling from place to place) · mi hākoke (travelling from place to place) · et ränd- (travelling from place to place) · ru скита́ющийся (travelling from place to place) · fi kiertävä (travelling from place to place) · de fliegend (travelling from place to place) · tr seyyar (travelling from place to place)

itinerant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /aɪˈtɪnɚənt/
  • (General-American) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
itinerants Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (18)

et rändur (One who travels from place to place) · mi murare (One who travels from place to place) · et rändaja (One who travels from place to place) · fr itinérant (One who travels from place to place) · ru скиталец (One who travels from place to place) · mi tipiwhenua (One who travels from place to place) · et reisija (One who travels from place to place) · et uitaja (One who travels from place to place) · fi kiertolainen (One who travels from place to place) · eo vagulo (One who travels from place to place) · et hulkur (One who travels from place to place) · bg странник (One who travels from place to place) · kmr gerok (One who travels from place to place) · pt itinerante (One who travels from place to place) · mi hākoke (One who travels from place to place) · ga fear siúil (One who travels from place to place) · io vaganto (One who travels from place to place) · et hulgus (One who travels from place to place)