itinerant
adjective (itinerant); noun (an itinerant, itinerants — formal)
Everyday
- Itinerant means travelling from place to place, often for work, instead of living in one place. tree →
- (formal) An itinerant is a person who travels about like this. tree →
In the lessons
History and stories: itinerant preachers, pedlars, tinkers, farm workers who moved with the harvest, travelling teachers or musicians. It tells the reader a person has no fixed home or moves for work.
Examples
- An itinerant preacher rode from village to village. tree →
- Itinerant workers moved from farm to farm to pick fruit. tree →
- The itinerant musician played in a different town each night. tree →
- In old times, itinerant pedlars sold pots and ribbons. tree →
- The circus had an itinerant life. tree →
- Some teachers are itinerant and visit several schools. tree →
Note
Say «eye-TIN-er-unt» or «ih-TIN-er-unt». Related: itinerary (a travel plan).
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «itinerant» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «itinerant» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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