itinerant
/aɪˈtɪnɚənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.82 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Habitually travelling from place to place.
noun
A member of the Travelling Community, whether settled or not.
noun
Alternative form of itinerant (“member of the Travelling Community”).
Example Sentences
- "an itinerant preacher or peddler"
- "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."
- "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."
- "The Greek term translated as “apostle” derives from the concept of being sent, thus underlining the missionary and more itinerant nature of the ministry."
Etymology
From Late Latin itinerantem, present active participle of itineror (“travel”), from itiner-. By surface analysis, Latin itiner- + -ant.
Word Breakdown
- Root: itinerāns