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Errant   /ˈɛrənt/   Listen
adjective
Errant  adj.  
1.
Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving. "Seven planets or errant stars in the lower orbs of heaven."
2.
Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant. "Would make me an errant fool."
3.
(Eng. Law) Journeying; itinerant; formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large.


noun
Errant  n.  One who wanders about. (Obs.)





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"Errant" Quotes from Famous Books



... sight, almost on the crest of the high ground. There she stood for a moment, one hand clutching at her errant hair, the other shielding her eyes from the sting of the rain. He heard her cry, as Heritage had heard her, but since the wind was blowing towards him the sound came louder and fuller. Again she cried, and then stood motionless with ...
— Huntingtower • John Buchan
... the role of knight-errant which she seemed to discern in him, but he talked earnestly of her future, and once or twice, soothed by his voice, she dozed—but he didn't know it. Indeed, he told himself afterward that her silences showed how his ...
— The Vehement Flame • Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
... paused to consider, while Molly suddenly whirled down the street and pounced on the errant collie. Seeing this, Constable McSherry turned to continue his leisurely ...
— Grey Town - An Australian Story • Gerald Baldwin
... being a knight-errant in armor in the Middle Ages. Have the notions and habits, though, of the present day mixed with the necessities of that. No pockets in the armor. No way to manage certain requirements of nature. Can't scratch. Cold in the head and can't blow. Can't get a handkerchief; can't ...
— Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete - The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens • Albert Bigelow Paine
... his youthful bride, the lovely Princess Sabra, in his castle near Coventry, soon levied a powerful army; and, setting sail, no longer as a knight-errant, but as a renowned general, he arrived with his forces on the coast of Portugal, where he was joined by the other six Champions, who each brought troops in proportion to the size of his country. So enchanted were the Portuguese with Saint ...
— The Seven Champions of Christendom • W. H. G. Kingston


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