Hypertext Webster Gateway: "itinerant"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
itinerant
adj 1: traveling from place to place to work; "itinerant labor";
"an itinerant judge"
2: working for a short time in different places; "itinerant
laborers"; "a road show"; "traveling salesman"; "touring
company" [syn: {road}, {touring}, {traveling}]
n : a person who walks from place to place [syn: {peripatetic}]
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