itinerant
adjective
itin·er·ant
ī-ˈti-nə-rənt 
: traveling from place to place
especially
: covering a circuit
itinerant preacher
itinerant
noun
itinerantly
adverb
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In Latin, iter means "way" or "journey." That root was the parent of the Late Latin verb itinerari, meaning "to journey." It was that verb which ultimately gave rise to the English word for traveling types: itinerant. The linguistic grandparent, iter, also contributed to the development of other English words, including itinerary ("the route of a journey" and "the plan made for a journey") and errant ("traveling or given to traveling," as in knight-errant).
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an itinerant musician can see a lot of the world
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Alexcia Negrete, Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2025
Key moments in Loewe’s history spotlighted in the itinerant exhibition are its 1996 acquisition by French luxury giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Jonathan Anderson’s appointment at the creative helm in 2013 and the establishment of the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize in 2016.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 16 Jan. 2025
The cumulative weight of all those moments that make up an ordinary life is the subject of this elegiac macro-miniaturist portrait of an itinerant worker in the early 1900s Pacific Northwest, played by Joel Edgerton in what might be the best work of his career.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
Doug Hotz remains committed to his itinerant solar lifestyle.
—Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Itinerant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/itinerant. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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itinerant
adjective
itin·er·ant
ī-ˈtin-ə-rənt
ə-ˈtin-
: traveling from place to place
an itinerant preacher
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