- itinerant
- Irisha gypsyEven when parked up:Turned out it was a local fella and there's me thinking it must be, y'know, itinerants. (P. McCarthy, 2000)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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itinérant — itinérant, ante [ itinerɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1874; angl. itinerant, lat. itinerari « voyager » 1 ♦ (Chez les méthodistes) Pasteur itinérant, qui va de lieu en lieu prêcher la doctrine (opposé à pasteur sédentaire). 2 ♦ Cour. Qui se déplace dans l… … Encyclopédie Universelle
itinerant — ITINERÁNT, Ă, itineranţi, te, adj. Care se deplasează din loc în loc pentru a desfăşura o anumită activitate, pentru a exercita o anumită profesiune. – Din fr. itinérant. Trimis de valeriu, 21.07.2003. Sursa: DEX 98 itineránt adj. m., pl.… … Dicționar Român
itinerant — adj Itinerant, peripatetic, ambulatory, ambulant, nomadic, vagrant mean having no fixed or settled station but moving from place to place. Itinerant is applicable chiefly to individuals or to groups whose calling or office requires travel along a … New Dictionary of Synonyms
itinerant — I adjective ambulant, ambulatory, passing, peripatetic, journeying, moving, traveling, wandering, wayfaring associated concepts: itinerant dealer, itinerant merchant, itinerant trader, itinerant vendor II noun drifter, peripatetic, traveler,… … Law dictionary
itinerant — Ⅰ. itinerant UK US /aɪˈtɪnərənt/ adjective [before noun] ► travelling from place to place, usually for work: itinerant labourers/workers/workforce »The precise number of the itinerant workforce currently in London is not known. »an itinerant life … Financial and business terms
Itinerant — I*tin er*ant ([ i]*t[i^]n [ e]r*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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
itinerant — [ī tin′ərənt, i tin′ərənt] adj. [LL itinerans, prp. of itinerari, to travel < L iter (gen. itineris), a walk, journey < base of ire, to go: see YEAR] traveling from place to place or on a circuit n. a person who travels from place to place… … English World dictionary
Itinerant — I*tin er*ant, a. One who travels from place to place, particularly a preacher; one who is unsettled. [1913 Webster] Glad to turn itinerant, To stroll and teach from town to town. Hudibras. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
itinerant — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ travelling from place to place. ► NOUN ▪ an itinerant person. ORIGIN from Latin itinerari travel , from iter journey, road … English terms dictionary
itinérant — itinérant, ante (entrée créée par le supplément) (i ti né ran, ran t ) adj. Dans le méthodisme, prédicateurs itinérants, prédicateurs qui vont de lieu en lieu prêcher la parole de Dieu. ÉTYMOLOGIE Lat. itinerare, voyager … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
itinerant — (adj.) 1560s (attested in Anglo Latin from late 13c.), from L.L. itinerantem (nom. itinerans), prp. of itinerare to travel, from L. iter (gen. itineris) journey, from ire go (see ION (Cf. ion)). Originally in reference to circuit courts … Etymology dictionary
