itinerant

Pluralitinerants

1. 1
   wandereradjective

   Always moving from place to place, not staying in one place for long.

   The itinerant musician played in a new town every night.

   My uncle had an itinerant life, moving from job to job across the country.

   UsageMostly before a noun: an itinerant worker moves from place to place for work.

   Similartraveling, wandering, roving, nomadic, migrant

   Oppositesettled, resident, sedentary

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   wanderernouncountable

   A person who moves from place to place.

   An itinerant stopped at the farm and asked for work.

   The old road was full of itinerants looking for jobs.

   Similarwanderer, drifter, nomad, traveler

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   Irish TravelernounoffensivedatedIrelandcountable

   A member of the Irish Traveler community, even one who now lives in one place.

   In older Irish reports, a Traveler was often called an itinerant, even after settling in a house.

   Old Irish government papers called Travelers itinerants, a word many Travelers find hurtful today.

   UsageThis word can hurt people. Say Traveller instead.

   SimilarTraveller

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