Word of the Day – Itinerant

Itinerant (adj) (noun)

it-in-er-unt

Travelling from place to place. / A person who travels from place to place.

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’.

Example sentences

“The circus is itinerant, you’ll have to wait for it to return.”

“You can’t trust him, he’s an itinerant.”