See also:

• ARRANT (a variant of " errant," from Lat. errare, to wander)

ARRANT (a variant of " errant," from See also:

• LAT

Lat. errare, to wander) , a word at first used in its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original meaning of wandering, as in " See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight-errant," thus an See also:

• ARRANT (a variant of " errant," from Lat. errare, to wander)

arrant or itinerant preacher, an arrant thief, one outlawed and wandering at large; the meaning easily passed to that of self-declared, notorious, and by the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century was confined, as an intensive See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective, to words of opprobrium and abuse, an arrant See also:

• COWARD

coward meaning thus a self-declared, downright coward .