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errante — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • errant adjective Straying from what is normal, expected, or proper; behaving badly.
  • straggler noun A person who strays from the right path, or who leaves the group they belong to.
  • vagrant noun A person with no permanent home who moves from place to place, often begging or living on the street.
  • wandering adj Moving from place to place without a settled route or home.

Senses

errante is used for these senses in English:

  • errant Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.
  • straggler One who roams without any settled direction.
  • vagrant (biology, especially, ornithology) An animal, typically a bird, found outside its species' usual range.
  • wandering Which wanders; travelling from place to place.

errant — full definition

  1. adjective Straying from what is normal, expected, or proper; behaving badly.
  2. noun A knight-errant — a wandering knight from medieval romance who travels in search of adventure.

straggler — full definition

  1. noun A person who strays from the right path, or who leaves the group they belong to.
  2. noun A person who lags behind the others, for instance in a race.
  3. noun A person who wanders about with no fixed direction.
  4. noun An animal that migrates but ends up outside its normal territory.
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