Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. errant(adj)

   straying from the right course or from accepted standards

   "errant youngsters"

2. errant(adj)

   uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable

   "an errant breeze"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. errant(Adjective)

   straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits

2. errant(Adjective)

   prone to making errors

3. errant(Adjective)

   utter, complete (negative); arrant

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Errant(adj)

   wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving

2. Errant(adj)

   notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant

3. Errant(adj)

   journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large

4. Errant(noun)

   one who wanders about

Origin: [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.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Errant

   er′ant, adj. wandering: roving: wild: (obs.) thorough (cf. Arrant).—n. a knight-errant.—adv. Err′antly.—n. Err′antry, an errant or wandering state: a rambling about like a knight-errant. [Fr.,—L. errans, errantis, pr.p. of errāre.]

Anagrams for errant »

1. Terran

2. ranter

3. Ratner

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of errant in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of errant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Reggie Browne:

   We had some really errant prints out there that stood that shouldn't have stood.

2. Bertrand Russell:

   There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.

3. Andy Sullivan:

   I thought it was going to be a really good knock on the front nine, but a few little errant drives meant the rough got its payback on me today.

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