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Added 9 October 2026

itinerant

/aɪˈtɪnɚənt/ noun

Latin root: itinerantem Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about itinerant at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment.
itinerant traders

adjective

Traveling from place to place to work.
itinerant labor

Origin

From Late Latin itinerantem, present active participle of itineror (“travel”), from itiner-. By surface analysis, Latin itiner- + -ant.

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