Itinerant

[ɪ'tɪn(ə)r(ə)nt;aɪ-] or [aɪ'tɪnərənt]

Definition

(noun.) a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; 'itinerant traders'.

(adj.) traveling from place to place to work; 'itinerant labor'; 'an itinerant judge' .

Inputed by Enoch--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Passing or traveling about a country; going or preaching on a circuit; wandering; not settled; as, an itinerant preacher; an itinerant peddler.

(a.) One who travels from place to place, particularly a preacher; one who is unsettled.

Editor: Rosanne

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Travelling, wandering, roving, roaming, nomadic, going from place to place, not settled.

Checker: Wyatt

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Wandering, travelling, locomotive, roving, roaming, journeying, nomadic

ANT:Stationary, domestic, fixed, settled, allocated, local

Editor: Will

Definition

adj. making journeys from place to place: travelling.—n. one who travels from place to place esp. a Methodist preacher: a wanderer.—ns. Itin′eracy Itin′erancy.—adv. Itin′erantly.—adj. Itin′erary travelling: done on a journey.—n. a book of travels: a guide-book for travellers: a rough sketch and description of the country through which troops are to march.—v.i. Itin′erāte to travel from place to place esp. for the purpose of preaching or lecturing.

Typist: Shane