itinerant

Etymology

From Late Latin itinerantem, present active participle of itineror (“travel”). See also itinerate, itinerary.

adj

  1. Habitually travelling from place to place.
    an itinerant preacher or peddler
    most 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 Psychology
    The 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 Planting

noun

  1. One who travels from place to place.
  2. (Ireland) A member of the Travelling Community, whether settled or not.

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