לדלג לתוכן הראשי

noun

itinerant

a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment

In a sentence

Six example sentences with itinerant, each labelled with its topic.

  • The clinic opened a dawn shift for itinerants following the orchard harvest north, since none stayed long enough for appointments.

    Medicine

  • The county council debated housing for itinerants who arrive each August for the fruit picking and leave by November.

    Politics

  • An itinerant working the summer fairgrounds kept fit by hauling tent poles rather than by any gym routine.

    Fitness

  • Parish records list dozens of itinerants who arrived each June for the hay cutting and vanished before the first frost.

    History

  • Wages for itinerants rise in picking season, since growers must compete for the same few hundred workers within a week.

    Economics

  • The cannery relies on itinerants for six weeks a year and keeps a bunkhouse ready rather than lose them to rival plants.

    Business

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