"itinerant" means: One who travels from place to place.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
itinerant
One who travels from place to place.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
One who travels from place to place.
For parents
"itinerant" means: One who travels from place to place.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
For ESL learners
"itinerant" means: One who travels from place to place.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
Cluster: partying
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
Habitually travelling from place to place.
an itinerant preacher or peddler
Origin: From , present active participle of itinerari. See also itinerate, itinerary. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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“Come adopt a swarm of itinerant open source devs and try and coax us into helping each other out and making each others code better https://blog.joss.theoj.org/2026/05/call-for-editor-in-chief”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026
(Ireland) A member of the Travelling Community, whether settled or not.
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Why is this section here?
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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