/serr"kyeuh lay'teuhr/ , n.
1. a person who moves from place to place.
2. a person who circulates money, information, etc.
3. a talebearer or scandalmonger.
4. any of various devices for circulating gases or liquids.
5. Obs. a mountebank.
[ 1600-10; circulator itinerant vendor who gathers a circle of people round himself (see CIRCULATE, -TOR); later as CIRCULATE + -OR 2 ]