ERRANT

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

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.
a.

Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant. Would make me an errant fool. B. Jonson.

3.
a.

Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large. Mozley & W.

4.
n.

One who wanders about. [Obs.] Fuller.


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