1. (a.) Wandering; deviating from an appointed course; roving; as, an errant pass; an errant missile.
2. (a.) Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant.
3. (a.) Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large.
4. (n.) One who wanders about.
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