VARIANT

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.

2.
a.

Changeable; changing; fickle. [Obs.] He is variant, he abit [abides] nowhere. Chaucer.

3.
n.

Something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; a variant of a story or a word.

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