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Definition of ERRANT

Errant
Errant Er"rant, a. [F. errant, p. pr. fr. OF. errer to travel, LL. iterare, fr. L. iter journey; confused somewhat with L. errare to err. See Eyre, and cf. Arrant, Itinerant.] 1. Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving. Seven planets or errant stars in the lower orbs of heaven. --Sir T. Browne. 2. Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant. Would make me an errant fool. --B. Jonson. 3. (Eng. Law) Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large. --Mozley & W.
Errant
Errant Er"rant, n. One who wanders about. [Obs.] --Fuller.

Meaning of ERRANT from wikipedia

- A knight-errant (or knight errant) is a figure of medieval chivalric romance literature. The adjective errant (meaning "wandering, roving") indicates how...
- "Un Canadien errant" ("A Wandering Canadian") is a song written in 1842 by Antoine Gérin-Lajoie after the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–38. Some of the...
- literally means "wandering vigilante", but is commonly translated as "knight-errant" or less commonly as "cavalier", "adventurer", "soldier of fortune" or "underworld...
- Errant Husbands (German: Kyritz - Pyritz) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Carl Heinz Wolff and starring Max Adalbert, Hansi Arnstaedt and Henry...
- Neogyps is an extinct monotypic genus of Old World vulture. Despite being an "Old World" vulture taxonomically, it was native to the New World, with its...
- Records (US) and Bella Union (UK) released Vetiver's Tight Knit (2009) The Errant Charm (2011), and Complete Strangers (2015). The band shared the bill with...
- Los Errantes (English: The Wanderers) was a Spanish anarchist militant group, which carried out a series of bank robberies in Latin America during the...
- The Nimrod Glacier (82°21′S 163°00′E / 82.350°S 163.000°E / -82.350; 163.000 (Nimrod Glacier)) is a major glacier about 85 nautical miles (157 km;...
- The Knight Errant is a 1922 British silent romance film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Madge Stuart, Rex McDougall and Olaf Hytten. Madge Stuart...
- Star Wars: Knight Errant is a 2010 comic book series set in the fictional Star Wars universe, written by John Jackson Miller. The comic series is the successor...