itinerant

Noun

1. a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; “itinerant traders”
   • Synonyms
     • gypsy
     • gipsy
   • Less specific
     • laborer
     • manual laborer
     • labourer
     • jack
   • More specific
     • swagman
     • swagger
     • swaggie
     • tinker
   • Related
     • itinerant

Adjective

1. traveling from place to place to work; “itinerant labor”; “an itinerant judge”
   • Similar to
     • unsettled
   • Related
     • itinerant
     • gypsy
     • gipsy
     • itinerate

itinerant - LookUp

adjective

1. travelling from place to place itinerant traders

noun

1. a person who travels from place to place

Origin

late 16th century (used to describe a judge travelling on a circuit): from late Latin itinerant- travelling , from the verb itinerari , from Latin iter , itiner- journey, road

Thesaurus

Adjective

1. a market for both local and itinerant traders

sɪᴍɪʟᴀʀ ᴡᴏʀᴅs: travelling peripatetic wandering wayfaring roving roaming rambling touring nomadic gypsy migrant migratory ambulatory vagrant vagabond homeless of no fixed abode of no fixed address displaced footloose rootless drifting floating unsettled restless globetrotting jet-setting errant

Opposites: sedentary settled

Noun

1. an itinerants' lodging house

sɪᴍɪʟᴀʀ ᴡᴏʀᴅs : traveller wanderer wayfarer roamer rover nomad gypsy Bedouin migrant transient drifter vagabond vagrant tramp refugee displaced person DP homeless person streety bird of passage