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kiertolainen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • itinerant adj Travelling from place to place regularly, especially for work.
  • orbiter noun A spacecraft designed to circle a planet or moon without landing on it.
  • rover noun Someone or something that wanders or travels widely, including robotic vehicles used to explore other planets.
  • satellite noun A man-made object placed in orbit around Earth or another body, used for communication, navigation, or observation.

Senses

kiertolainen is used for these senses in English:

  • Irish Traveller (Ireland) A member of an indigenous nomadic ethnic minority in Ireland, the Pavee.
  • itinerant One who travels from place to place.
  • orbiter An object that orbits another, especially a spacecraft that orbits a planet etc. without landing on it.
  • rover One who roves, a wanderer, a nomad.
  • satellite A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one. [from 17th c.]

itinerant — full definition

  1. adj Travelling from place to place regularly, especially for work.
  2. noun A person who travels from place to place rather than settling down.

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