different between itinerant vs dosser

English

Etymology

From Late Latin itiner?ntem, from itiner?ns, present active participle of itineror (“I travel”). See also itinerate, itinerary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??t?n??nt/

Adjective

itinerant (comparative more itinerant, superlative most itinerant)

1. Habitually travelling from place to place. [from 1560s]

Translations

Noun

itinerant (plural itinerants)

1. One who travels from place to place.
2. (Ireland) A member of the Travelling Community, whether settled or not.

Translations

Further reading

• itinerant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nitratine

Romanian

Etymology

From French itinérant.

Adjective

itinerant m or n (feminine singular itinerant?, masculine plural itineran?i, feminine and neuter plural itinerante)

1. itinerant

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?s?(?)/

Etymology 1

doss +? -er

Noun

dosser (plural dossers)

1. (Britain, Ireland) Someone who dosses, someone known for avoiding work.

   Synonyms: shirker; see also Thesaurus:idler

2. A homeless and jobless person.
3. One who lodges in a doss-house.

Etymology 2

Late Latin dosserum, or French dossier (“bundle of papers, part of a basket resting on the back”), from Latin dorsum (“back”). See dorsal.

Alternative forms

• dorsel, dorser

Noun

dosser (plural dossers)

1. A pannier or basket.

   • To hire a ripper's mare, and buy new dossers.

2. A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.

Anagrams

• Sedors, Soders, dorses, dosers, resods, rossed, soders, sordes