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Itinerant: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Itinerant adjective. Travelling from place to place, often to find or do work.
How to say it
eye-TIN-uh-runt/aɪˈtɪn(ə)r(ə)nt/
4 syllables, stressed on the second (TIN).
Itinerant in a sentence
Itinerant fruit pickers follow the harvest from south to north.
In the Middle Ages, itinerant judges rode from town to town to hear cases.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- travelling
- wandering
- roving
- peripatetic
Opposite:
- settled
- resident
Where itinerant comes from
From Latin itinerari, to travel, from iter, journey.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
In the Middle Ages, _____ judges rode from town to town to hear cases.
- littoral
- salubrious
- itinerant
Show the answer
itinerant: In the Middle Ages, itinerant judges rode from town to town to hear cases.