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Itinerant vs Straggler - What's the difference?

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Itinerant is a related term of straggler.


As nouns the difference between itinerant and straggler

is that itinerant is a homeless person while straggler is one who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs.

As an adjective itinerant

is which travels to perform its functions.

itinerant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Habitually travelling from place to place.
  • an itinerant preacher or peddler
  • * Blackstone
  • The king's own courts were then itinerant , being kept in the king's palace, and removing with his household in those royal progresses which he continually made.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who travels from place to place.
  • (Ireland) a member of the Travelling Community, whether settled or not.
  • straggler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs.
  • One who falls behind the rest.
  • One who rambles without any settled direction.
  • A roving vagabond.
  • Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
  • Something that stands alone or by itself.
  • Derived terms

    * blue straggler