itinerant
- noun
- /aɪˈtɪnərənt/
- The festival celebrated the contributions of itinerants who brought unique art and culture to the region.
Examples
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Several of the photographers who had visited the South as itinerants began to sense a growing market there, and they returned to set up studios.
Academic text (2008) -
Ten percent of itinerants in Canada, she explained, are native people.
Academic text (2011) -
The school employs one full-time counselor and an itinerant for one day per week.
Academic text (2006) -
The BD itinerant was helpful with the referred student and enabled me to deal more effectively with this student.
Academic text (1993) -
The BD itinerant was punctual and prepared, and I could contact the BD itinerant whenever necessary concerning our student.
Academic text (1993) -
Many Sadhus become lifelong itinerants, never sleeping in any one place for more than a single night (Olivelle, 2008, II, 11-26; 63-70; 101-126).
Academic text (2018) -
Many of them had trained as portrait artists or painters of miniatures and originally came to Georgia as itinerants and seasonal visitors traveling to earn money making miniature likenesses.
Academic text (2008) -
As an itinerant, he visited various towns each month to sell his handmade crafts.
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Many itinerants travel the country, offering their skills for temporary jobs wherever they go.
Synonyms
A person who often goes from place to place
A person who travels for work and whose employer pays their travel costs
A person who travels to different places to meet customers and sell goods or services
A person who travels to sell goods or take orders
A person who travels from place to place for work
A person who often travels for work or study
A person who works online while traveling to different places
A person who travels long distances, often by sea
Antonyms
How Mobile
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word itinerant comes from the Latin root iter, which means 'journey', and is the same root as itinerary. So an itinerant is a person who travels from place to place, often for work.