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Errant

Er'rant, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. errant, It. errante, Lat. errans, p. pr. of errare. See ERR.]

Sense 1. Deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; wandering; roving; rambling.

To be revealed by errant sprights. Shak.

Sense 2. Wild; extravagant; notorious; arrant; as, an errant fool.

Sir Kenelm was an errant mountebank. Evelyn.

Sense 3. (Eng. Law.) Traveling about; itinerant; as, an errant judge. [Obs.] Burrill.

Ĕr'rant, n.

noun

n. One who wanders about. [Obs.] “Lady errants.” Fuller.