Definition: errant

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

errant
     adj : capable of making an error; "all men are error-prone" [syn:
           erring, error-prone]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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