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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Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
McDonald, who is biracial, said her grandfather’s family were itinerant citrus pickers working camp to camp before her grandfather became a mechanic at Norton Air Force Base.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2025
The lead character is itinerant, traveling from town to town in an Airstream trailer hauled by his (obviously spon-con) truck.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
The children, meanwhile, are worn down by their chronic poverty and itinerant lifestyle.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Itinerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/itinerant. Accessed 18 Jan. 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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