ERRANT : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ERRANT	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for ERRANT
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
errant adj straying from the right course or from accepted standards; "errant youngsters" uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable; "an errant breeze"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Errant \Er"rant\, n. One who wanders about. [Obs.] --Fuller.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.