peripatetic
pair-ih-puh-TET-ik, adjective
Traveling from place to place, especially for work.
“A peripatetic barista, he had pulled shots on three continents.”
Where peripatetic comes from
From Aristotle, who was said to teach while walking up and down a covered walk.
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