itinerant

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
  2. adjective traveling from place to place to work

Etymology

From Late Latin itinerantem, present active participle of itineror (“travel”), from itiner-. By surface analysis, Latin itiner- + -ant.

In classic literature

Synonyms

gypsy, gipsy

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