itinerant
See also: itinérant
English
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin itinerantem, present active participle of itineror (“travel”). See also itinerate, itinerary.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /aɪˈtɪnɚənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
edititinerant (comparative more itinerant, superlative most itinerant)
- 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.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
edittravelling from place to place
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Noun
edititinerant (plural itinerants)
- One who travels from place to place.
- (Ireland) A member of the Travelling Community, whether settled or not.
Alternative forms
edit(member of the Travelling Community): Itinerant
Translations
editOne who travels from place to place
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Further reading
editAnagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin itinerantem.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [i.ti.nəˈɾan]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [i.ti.nəˈɾant]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [i.ti.neˈɾant]
Adjective
edititinerant m or f (masculine and feminine plural itinerants)
- itinerant, travelling
- Synonym: errant
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “itinerant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French itinérant.
Adjective
edititinerant m or n (feminine singular itinerantă, masculine plural itineranți, feminine and neuter plural itinerante)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||||||
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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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