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# itinerant

adjective (itinerant); noun (an itinerant, itinerants — formal)

«itinerant» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Itinerant means travelling from place to place, often for work, instead of living in one place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itinerant/#m1)
2. (formal) An itinerant is a person who travels about like this. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itinerant/#m2)

### In the lessons

History and stories: itinerant preachers, pedlars, tinkers, farm workers who moved with the harvest, travelling teachers or musicians. It tells the reader a person has no fixed home or moves for work.

### Examples

- An itinerant preacher rode from village to village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itinerant/#x1)
- Itinerant workers moved from farm to farm to pick fruit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itinerant/#x2)
- The itinerant musician played in a different town each night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itinerant/#x3)
- In old times, itinerant pedlars sold pots and ribbons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itinerant/#x4)
- The circus had an itinerant life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itinerant/#x5)
- Some teachers are itinerant and visit several schools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itinerant/#x6)

### Note

Say «eye-TIN-er-unt» or «ih-TIN-er-unt». Related: itinerary (a travel plan).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «itinerant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/itinerant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«itinerant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/itinerant.html) on Mova free.