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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Errant \Er"rant\, n.
     One who wanders about. [Obs.] --Fuller.
     [1913 Webster] ||

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Seven planets or errant stars in the lower orbs of
              heaven.                               --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Would make me an errant fool.         --B. Jonson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Eng. Law) Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to
        judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large.
        --Mozley & W.
        [1913 Webster]

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Errant \Er"rant\, n.
     One who wanders about. [Obs.] --Fuller.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  errant
       adj 1: straying from the right course or from accepted standards;
              "errant youngsters"
       2: uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable; "an
          errant breeze"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  errant
     Γαλλικά a.
     1 περιπλανώμενος, πλανώμενος, νομάς
     2 αδέσποτος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  errant
     Catalan a.
     wandering, roving
     Catalan n.
     (lb ca zoology) A polychaete worm of the subclass Aciculata
     Catalan part.p.
     (present participle of ca errar)
     French a.
     1 wandering, stray
     2 (l en errant) (rfclarify: fr)
     French part.p.
     (present participle of fr errer)
     Old French a.
     wandering; nomadic

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  errant
     a.
     1 stray#Verb from the proper#Adjective course#Noun or standard#Noun,
  or outside#Preposition established#Adjective limit#Noun.
     2 rove#Verb around; wandering#Adjective.
     3 prone#Adjective to make#Verb errors; misbehaving#Adjective.
     4 (lb en chiefly with a negative connotation obsolete) (obsolete form
  of en arrant t=complete#Adjective complete; downright#Adjective
  downright, utter#Adjective utter)
     alt.
     A knight-errant.
     n.
     A knight-errant.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  errant
     Catalan a.
     wandering, roving
     Catalan n.
     (lb ca zoology) A polychaete worm of the subclass Aciculata
     Catalan part.p.
     (present participle of ca errar)
     French a.
     1 wandering, stray
     2 (l en errant) (rfclarify: fr)
     French part.p.
     (present participle of fr errer)
     Old French a.
     wandering; nomadic

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  errant
     Catalan a.
     wandering, roving
     Catalan n.
     (lb ca zoology) A polychaete worm of the subclass Aciculata
     Catalan part.p.
     (present participle of ca errar)
     French a.
     1 wandering, stray
     2 (l en errant) (rfclarify: fr)
     French part.p.
     (present participle of fr errer)
     Old French a.
     wandering; nomadic

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  errant
     Englanti a.
     1 harhailla
     2 erehtyväinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  errant
     Engelska a.
     1 vandrande, strövande
     2 felande, benägen att begå fel

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Errant /ˈɛɹənt/
  ضالّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  errant //ˈɛɹ(ə)nt// //ˈɛɹənt// 
  1. блуждаещ
  straying from the proper course or standard
  2. странстващ
  travelling in search of adventure

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  errant /ˈɛɹənt/
  bludný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  errant /ˈɛɹənt/ 
  neetický

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  errant /ˈɛɹənt/
  fehlgeleitet 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  errant /ˈɛɹənt/
  irrig, falsch, irrend, verirrt 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  errant /ˈɛɹənt/
  umherziehend, umherreisend 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  errant /ˈɛɹənt/
  untreu, treulos 

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  errant /ˈɛɹənt/ 
  1. गुमराह
        "Someshwer is an errant father."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  errant /ˈɛɹənt/
  koji skita, lutajući, zabludjeli

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  errant /ˈɛɹənt/
  1. tévelygô
  2. megtévedt
  3. vándor
  4. vándorló
  5. kóbor

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  errant //ˈɛɹ(ə)nt// //ˈɛɹənt// 
  常識はずれ
  straying from the proper course or standard

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  errant /ˈɛɹənt/
  1. macera peşinde koşan, maceraperest, serseri
  2. doğru yoldan ayrılan, dalâlete düşen. knight errant sergüzeşt arayan şövalye.

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  errant /ɛʁˈɑ̃/ 
  kantreer, baleer

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  errant /ɛʁˈɑ̃/ 
  kantreer (kantreerien /(en)kantɹˈiəɹiən(fr)/), baleer (baleerien /(en)balˈiəɹiən(fr)/)

From français-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ell ]

  errant /e.ʁɑ̃/ /ɛ.ʁɑ̃/ 
  αδέσποτος, πλανώμενος

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  errant /e.ʁɑ̃/ /ɛ.ʁɑ̃/ 
  errante
  Qui ne cesse de voyager; vagabond

From français-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-rus ]

  errant /e.ʁɑ̃/ /ɛ.ʁɑ̃/ 
  1. блуждающий
  (Figuré) Qualifie une imagination vagabonde, sans frein, qui se porte rapidement sur un grand nombre d’objets
  2. бродячий, скитающийся, странствующий
  Qui ne cesse de voyager; vagabond

From français-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-swe ]

  errant /e.ʁɑ̃/ /ɛ.ʁɑ̃/ 
  kringflackande, kringvandrande

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɛɹənt/

From IPA:fr :   [ IPA:fr ]

  

/ɛʁɑ̃/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  114 Moby Thesaurus words for "errant":
     aberrant, aberrative, abroad, adrift, all abroad, all off,
     all wrong, amiss, askew, astray, at fault, awry, beside the mark,
     circuitous, circumforaneous, corrupt, deceptive, defective,
     delusive, departing, desultory, deviant, deviating, deviational,
     deviative, deviatory, devious, digressive, discursive, distorted,
     divagatory, drifting, errable, erratic, erring, erroneous,
     error-prone, excursive, fallacious, fallible, false, faultful,
     faulty, flawed, flitting, floating, footloose,
     footloose and fancy-free, fugitive, gadding, gypsy-like, gypsyish,
     heretical, heterodox, illogical, illusory, indirect, itinerant,
     labyrinthine, landloping, liable to error, mazy, meandering,
     migrational, migratory, misbehaving, mischievous, naughty, nomad,
     nomadic, not right, not true, off, off the track, open to error,
     out, out-of-the-way, peccant, perverse, perverted, planetary,
     rambling, ranging, roaming, roving, self-contradictory, serpentine,
     shifting, snaky, straggling, stray, straying, strolling, swerving,
     traipsing, transient, transitory, transmigratory, turning,
     twisting, undirected, unfactual, unorthodox, unproved, unreliable,
     untrue, vagabond, vagrant, veering, wandering, wide, winding,
     wrong, zigzag
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  adj.漂泊的

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 周游的,错误的,不定的

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