Itinerant
adjective
Traveling from place to place, especially to do a certain kind of job.
He worked as an itinerant teacher, moving from school to school each term.
Often appears as...
- itinerant teacher
- itinerant worker
noun
A person who travels from place to place, especially to do a certain kind of job.
Many itinerants earn their living by selling goods at local markets.
Often appears as...
- itinerant trader
- itinerant lifestyle
adjective
Traveling from place to place, especially to do a certain kind of job.
He worked as an itinerant teacher, moving from school to school each term.
Often appears as...
- itinerant teacher
- itinerant worker
noun
A person who travels from place to place, especially to do a certain kind of job.
Many itinerants earn their living by selling goods at local markets.
Often appears as...
- itinerant trader
- itinerant lifestyle
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Job Specific
Used when discussing jobs involving travel, not just any traveling activity.
The itinerant photographer visited our town last week.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Stay
'Itinerant' implies short-term stays at each location, not settling permanently.
The itinerant workers set up camp for a few days before moving on.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Context
Often used for professions or roles, rather than casual or leisure traveling.
She was an itinerant sales representative for the company.
Pro Tip 1/3Job Specific
Used when discussing jobs involving travel, not just any traveling activity.
The itinerant photographer visited our town last week.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Stay
'Itinerant' implies short-term stays at each location, not settling permanently.
The itinerant workers set up camp for a few days before moving on.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Context
Often used for professions or roles, rather than casual or leisure traveling.
She was an itinerant sales representative for the company.
Pro Tip 1/3Job Specific
Used when discussing jobs involving travel, not just any traveling activity.
The itinerant photographer visited our town last week.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Stay
'Itinerant' implies short-term stays at each location, not settling permanently.
The itinerant workers set up camp for a few days before moving on.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Context
Often used for professions or roles, rather than casual or leisure traveling.
She was an itinerant sales representative for the company.
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A glimpse of teenage...
the shops are open as the population goes about its business. The streets are full of itinerant traders selling trinkets and people bustling from place to place. Large wagons are not allowed in the city until after the ninth hour
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The revolutionary power...
I would like to think of myself as a global soul, as a world citizen, a nomad and an itinerant storyteller. I have multiple attachments, just like all of us do. And multiple attachments mean multiple stories.
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See How Chainsaw Art...
the competitions of course are where everyone gathers together a lot of us are drifters or itinerant or people like me that live on back roads
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A glimpse of teenage...
the shops are open as the population goes about its business. The streets are full of itinerant traders selling trinkets and people bustling from place to place. Large wagons are not allowed in the city until after the ninth hour
Video examples
The revolutionary power...
I would like to think of myself as a global soul, as a world citizen, a nomad and an itinerant storyteller. I have multiple attachments, just like all of us do. And multiple attachments mean multiple stories.
Video examples
See How Chainsaw Art...
the competitions of course are where everyone gathers together a lot of us are drifters or itinerant or people like me that live on back roads
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Dallas Roberts
American Actor
If you're into a leather-jacketed crime fighter and his artificially intelligent robotic supercar, tune into 'The Good Wife.' If, on the other hand, you prefer the misadventures of a freelance itinerant trucker and his simian sidekick, check out 'The Walking Dead.' Or DVR them both and go talk to your family.
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Rebecca Hall
English Actress
Yes, I'm a complete itinerant. I keep making attempts not to be, but then circumstances make me uproot and go somewhere else again. It's not the worst thing in the world at all; I love it. In fact, I'm probably horribly addicted to it.
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Ben Elliot
English Businessman
I eat out three times a day most days of the year. This is no big deal to most New Yorkers, and it is not something I am necessarily proud of - it's simply the nature of my itinerant life.
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Monica Crowley
American Journalist
During his public life, Barack Obama has often referred to his biracial background and itinerant childhood and has said, 'In no other country on Earth is my story even possible.' True.
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Adoniram Judson
American Clergyman
A person employed in direct missionary work among the natives, especially if his employ is somewhat itinerant, can easily make long and interesting journals.
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Julia Butterfly Hill
American Activist
My father was an itinerant preacher who traveled the country's heartland preaching from town to town and church to church.
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Bob Menendez
American Politician
My mother was a seamstress, my father an itinerant carpenter.
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Frank Sinatra Jr.
American Singer
I'm just an itinerant singer.
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Dallas Roberts
American Actor
If you're into a leather-jacketed crime fighter and his artificially intelligent robotic supercar, tune into 'The Good Wife.' If, on the other hand, you prefer the misadventures of a freelance itinerant trucker and his simian sidekick, check out 'The Walking Dead.' Or DVR them both and go talk to your family.
Quote examples
Rebecca Hall
English Actress
Yes, I'm a complete itinerant. I keep making attempts not to be, but then circumstances make me uproot and go somewhere else again. It's not the worst thing in the world at all; I love it. In fact, I'm probably horribly addicted to it.
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Ben Elliot
English Businessman
I eat out three times a day most days of the year. This is no big deal to most New Yorkers, and it is not something I am necessarily proud of - it's simply the nature of my itinerant life.
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Monica Crowley
American Journalist
During his public life, Barack Obama has often referred to his biracial background and itinerant childhood and has said, 'In no other country on Earth is my story even possible.' True.
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Adoniram Judson
American Clergyman
A person employed in direct missionary work among the natives, especially if his employ is somewhat itinerant, can easily make long and interesting journals.
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Julia Butterfly Hill
American Activist
My father was an itinerant preacher who traveled the country's heartland preaching from town to town and church to church.
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Bob Menendez
American Politician
My mother was a seamstress, my father an itinerant carpenter.
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Frank Sinatra Jr.
American Singer
I'm just an itinerant singer.
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