Meanings
nounitinerant worker (plural itinerant workers)
plural itinerant workers
- CaliforniaSoutherncolloquialA temporary worker, particularly for exhausting manual labor.
Synonyms: day laborer
- USOne who maintains no permanent residence, one who is homeless
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA temporary worker, particularly for exhausting manual labor.
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Translations
Finnish kiertävä työntekijä
- kiertävä työntekijäworker moving from one temporary job to another
German Wanderarbeiter, Wanderarbeiterin
- Wanderarbeiterworker moving from one temporary job to another
- Wanderarbeiterinworker moving from one temporary job to another
Romanian muncitor itinerant, muncitor migrator
- muncitor itinerantworker moving from one temporary job to another
- muncitor migratorworker moving from one temporary job to another
Spanish itinerante, trabajador migratorio
- itineranteworker moving from one temporary job to another
- trabajador migratorioworker moving from one temporary job to another
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itinerant worker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/itinerant%20worker
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“itinerant worker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/itinerant%20worker. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “itinerant worker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/itinerant%20worker.
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