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See also: itinérant

English

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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itinerant (comparative more itinerant, superlative most itinerant)

  1. Habitually travelling from place to place. [from 1560s]
    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

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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

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(member of the Travelling Community): Itinerant

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin itinerantem.

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itinerant m or f (masculine and feminine plural itinerants)

  1. itinerant, travelling
    Synonym: errant
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French itinérant.

Adjective

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

  1. itinerant

Declension

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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