itinerant

«itinerant» in Mova's school dictionary: travelling from place to place, often for work, instead… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (itinerant); noun (an itinerant, itinerants — formal)

meaning for a pupil

1) Itinerant means travelling from place to place, often for work, instead of living in one place. tree →

2) (formal) An itinerant is a person who travels about like this. tree →

sense in the lessons

History and stories: itinerant preachers, pedlars, tinkers, farm workers who moved with the harvest, travelling teachers or musicians. It tells the reader a person has no fixed home or moves for work.

examples

• An itinerant preacher rode from village to village. tree →
• Itinerant workers moved from farm to farm to pick fruit. tree →
• The itinerant musician played in a different town each night. tree →
• In old times, itinerant pedlars sold pots and ribbons. tree →
• The circus had an itinerant life. tree →
• Some teachers are itinerant and visit several schools. tree →

note

Say «eye-TIN-er-unt» or «ih-TIN-er-unt». Related: itinerary (a travel plan).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «itinerant» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.