itinerant
adjective/aɪˈtɪnərənt/
/aɪˈtɪnərənt/
[usually before noun] (formal)- travelling from place to place, especially to find work
- itinerant workers/musicians
- to lead an itinerant life
Extra Examples- He was the son of an itinerant oil field worker.
- People soon heard that there was an itinerant preacher in town.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryItinerant is used with these nouns:- preacher
- trader
Word Originlate 16th cent. (used to describe a judge travelling on a circuit): from late Latin itinerant- ‘travelling’, from the verb itinerari, from Latin iter, itiner- ‘journey, road’.Want to learn more?
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