An itinerant is a person who travels from place to place with no fixed home.
Types of itinerants:
- Russian art movement Peredvizhniki is often translated as Itinerants
- Nomads
- Romani people (Gypsies)
- Yeniche people ("Travelers" in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and parts of France)
- Irish Travellers
- Scottish Travellers
- Ukrainian Kobzari
- Travelling showpeople (Carnies)
- Circus artists
- Lightermen (bargees)
- Circuit riders (travelling professional, such as jurist or cleric)
- Gyrovagues
- Vagabonds
- Vagrants
- Hobos
- Tramps
- Schnorrers
- Gutter punks
- Vacilandos
- Technomads
- Perpetual travelers
- Early medieval kings, eg. in England, France, Germany and Italy
Examples of itinerants include:
- Jain Sadhu-Sadhvis
- Buddhist monks or Bhikshus
- Jesus
- Caraka - 200 B.C. Ayurvedic doctor author of Caraka Samhita
- John the Baptist
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Thomas Paine
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Paul Erdős
- Che Guevara
- Christopher McCandless
References
Further reading
Kaviratna, A.C. and P. Sharma, tr., The Charaka Samhita 5 Vols., Sri Satguru Publications, Delhi 81-7030-471-7
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