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English Dictionary: itinerant by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
itinerant
adj
  1. traveling from place to place to work; "itinerant labor"; "an itinerant judge"
n
  1. a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders"
    Synonym(s): itinerant, gypsy, gipsy
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.
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