Definition of peripatetic
adjective
1travelling from place to place, in particular working or based in various places for relatively short periods:the peripatetic nature of military life (of a teacher) working in more than one school or college:a peripatetic music teacher
2 (Peripatetic) Aristotelian. [with reference to Aristotle's practice of walking to and fro while teaching]
noun
1a person who travels from place to place, especially a teacher who works in more than one school or college: peripatetics have been cut under local management of schools
2 (Peripatetic) an Aristotelian philosopher.
