Meanings
itinerant1
comparative more itinerant · superlative most itinerant
- Habitually travelling from place to place.First known use 1560s
an itinerant preacher or peddler
3 more examples
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, →OCLCmost 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 PsychologyThe 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 PlantingSynonyms: strolling
plural itinerants
- One who travels from place to place.
- IrelandA member of the Travelling Community, whether settled or not.
Itinerant2
plural Itinerants
- alternativeAlternative form of itinerant (“member of the Travelling Community”).
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHabitually travelling from place to place.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivetraveling from place to place to work
nouna laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinitinerantem
- Englishitinerant
From Late Latin itinerantem, present active participle of itineror (“travel”), from itiner-. By surface analysis, Latin itiner- + -ant.
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Arabic مُتَنَقِّل
- مُتَنَقِّل (mutanaqqil)travelling from place to place
Bulgarian пътуващ, странстващ
- пътуващ (pătuvašt)travelling from place to place
- странстващ (stranstvašt)travelling from place to place
- странник (strannik)One who travels from place to place
Catalan itinerant
- itineranttravelling from place to place
Chinese Mandarin 巡回的
- 巡回的 (xúnhuíde)travelling from place to place
Czech potulný
- potulnýtravelling from place to place
Dutch rondtrekkend, rondreizend
- rondtrekkendtravelling from place to place
- rondreizendtravelling from place to place
Esperanto migra, vagulo
- migratravelling from place to place
- vaguloOne who travels from place to place
Estonian rändav, ränd-
- rändavtravelling from place to place
- ränd-travelling from place to place
- uitavtravelling from place to place
- reisivtravelling from place to place
- reisi-travelling from place to place
- hulkuvtravelling from place to place
- rändurOne who travels from place to place
- rändajaOne who travels from place to place
- uitajaOne who travels from place to place
- reisijaOne who travels from place to place
- hulgusOne who travels from place to place
- hulkurOne who travels from place to place
Finnish kiertävä, kiertolainen
- kiertävätravelling from place to place
- kiertolainenOne who travels from place to place
French itinérant, itinérant
- itinéranttravelling from place to place
- itinérantOne who travels from place to place
German umherziehend, fahrend
- umherziehendtravelling from place to place
- fahrendtravelling from place to place
- reisendtravelling from place to place
- fliegendtravelling from place to place
- Wander-travelling from place to place
Greek πλανόδιος
- πλανόδιος (planódios)travelling from place to place
Hebrew נודד
- נודד (nodéd)travelling from place to place
Irish fear siúil
- fear siúilOne who travels from place to place
Italian itinerante
- itinerantetravelling from place to place
Japanese 巡回する
- 巡回する (junkai suru)travelling from place to place
Māori hākoke, koroirangi
- hākoketravelling from place to place
- koroirangitravelling from place to place
- kānekeneketravelling from place to place
- tipihaeretravelling from place to place
- tipiwhenuaOne who travels from place to place
- hākokeOne who travels from place to place
- murareOne who travels from place to place
Norwegian omreisende
- omreisendetravelling from place to place
Portuguese itinerante, itinerante
- itinerantetravelling from place to place
- itineranteOne who travels from place to place
Russian стра́нствующий, скита́ющийся
- стра́нствующий (stránstvujuščij)travelling from place to place
- скита́ющийся (skitájuščijsja)travelling from place to place
- гуляющий (guljajuščij)travelling from place to place
- скиталец (skitalec)One who travels from place to place
Scottish Gaelic siùbhlach
- siùbhlachtravelling from place to place
Spanish itinerante
- itinerantetravelling from place to place
Swedish kringresande
- kringresandetravelling from place to place
Turkish seyyar
- seyyartravelling from place to place
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Cite this entry
itinerant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/itinerant
“itinerant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/itinerant. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “itinerant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/itinerant.
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