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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Itinerant \I*tin"er*ant\, a. [LL. itinerans, -antis, p. pr of itinerare to make a journey, fr L. iter, itineris a walk, way journey. See {Errant}, {Issue}.] Passing or traveling about a country; going or preaching on a circuit; wandering; not settled; as an itinerant preacher; an itinerant 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 --Blackstone. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Itinerant \I*tin"er*ant\, a. One who travels from place to place particularly a preacher; one who is unsettled. Glad to turn itinerant, To stroll and teach from town to town. --Hudibras. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: itinerant adj 1: traveling from place to place to work "itinerant labor"; "an itinerant judge" 2: working for a short time in different places; "itinerant laborers"; "a road show"; "traveling salesman"; "touring company" [syn: {road}, {touring}, {traveling}] n : a person who walks from place to place [syn: {peripatetic}]
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