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ITINERANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
Example:
itinerant traders
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("itinerant" is a kind of...):
jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "itinerant"):
swagger; swaggie; swagman (an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work)
tinker (formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living)
Derivation:
itinerant (traveling from place to place to work)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Traveling from place to place to work
Example:
an itinerant judge
Classified under:
Similar:
unsettled (not settled or established)
Derivation:
itinerant (a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment)
itinerate (travel from place to place, as for work)
