itinerant

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See also: itinérant

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɪˈtɪnɚənt/
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Adjective

itinerant (comparative more itinerant, superlative most itinerant)

  1. Habitually travelling from place to place.
    an itinerant preacher or peddler
    • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
      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.
    • 1971, Richard Austin King, Clifford Thomas Morgan, Readings for an Introduction to Psychology:
      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.
    • 2010, Craig Ott, Gene Wilson, Global Church Planting:
      The Greek term translated as “apostle” derives from the concept of being sent, thus underlining the missionary and more itinerant nature of the ministry.

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Noun

itinerant (plural itinerants)

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

Alternative forms

(member of the Travelling Community): : Itinerant

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Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin itinerantem.

Pronunciation

Adjective

itinerant m or f (masculine and feminine plural itinerants)

  1. itinerant, travelling
    Synonym: errant

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French itinérant.

Adjective

itinerant m or n (feminine singular itinerantă, masculine plural itineranți, feminine and neuter plural itinerante)

  1. itinerant

Declension

Declension of itinerant
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite itinerant itinerantă itineranți itinerante
definite itinerantul itineranta itineranții itinerantele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite itinerant itinerante itineranți itinerante
definite itinerantului itinerantei itineranților itinerantelor
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