Er'rant1, a.
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.