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Webster 1913 Edition

Errant

Er′rant

,
Adj.
[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.

Er′rant

,
Noun.
One who wanders about.
[Obs.]
Fuller.

Webster 1828 Edition

Errant

ER'RANT

,
Adj.
[L. errans,from erro, to err.]
1.
Wandering; roving; rambling; applied particularly to knights, who, in the middle ages, wandered about to seek adventures and display their heroism and generosity, called knights errant.
2.
Deviating from a certain course.
3.
Itinerant.
Errant, for arrant, a false orthography. [See Arrant.]

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