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

||Er*ran"ti*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. errare to wander. See Err.] (Zoöl.) A group of chætopod annelids, including those that are not confined to tubes. See Chætopoda. [Written also Errantes.]

Er"rant*ry (?), n. 1. A wandering; a roving; esp., a roving in quest of adventures. Addison.

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