Errant

Errant
A knight, usually a bachelier, who departs to seek adventure and thus earn renown and possibly riches so that he might settle, marry, and earn his living. In history most errants would pursue wars or tournaments as the chief methods by which they might earn renown; in the romances such knights would battle incredible beasts, rescue ladies, and defend princes and kings, who would often return their service with largesse, bestowing upon them lands and titles. The most celebrated historical errant would have to be William Marshal, who went from being a minor son with little inheritance to Earl of Pembroke. In legend there were many famous errants, including Tristan, Yvain, Lancelot; most of the famous Arthurian knights sought fame through errancy at one point or other.
Within the Company of Saint George, the errant is an applicant to the company who is charged by the company to bring renown to themselves, the company, their consorts and their kingdom by great acts of chivalry.

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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  • errant — errant, ante 1. (è rran, rran t ) adj. 1°   Qui erre, qui n est pas fixé. Peuples errants. Hordes errantes. •   La vie errante que je mène depuis quarante ans et plus, m ayant donné occasion de voir et de visiter, plusieurs fois et de plusieurs… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • errant — Errant, [err]ante. adj. Vagabond, qui erre de costé & d autre. Il est errant & vagabond. Chevalier errant. le Juif errant. estoiles errantes. On dit fig. d Un homme qui change souvent de demeure, qui voyage sans cesse, que C est un Chevalier… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • errant — [er′ənt] adj. [ME erraunt < OFr errant, prp. of errer < ML iterare, to travel < L iter, a journey: see ITINERANT] 1. roving or wandering, esp. in search of adventure; itinerant [a knight errant] 2. a) [OFr, prp. of errer (see ERR),… …   English World dictionary

  • errant — (adj.) mid 14c., travelling, roving, from Anglo Fr. erraunt, from two Old French words that were confused even before they reached English: 1. Old French errant, prp. of errer to travel or wander, from L.L. iterare, from L. iter journey, way,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Errant — Er rant, n. One who wanders about. [Obs.] Fuller. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Errant — Errant, lat. deutsch, irrend; errare humanum, irren ist menschlich; errata, Druckfehler …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • errant — I adjective aberrant, amiss, astray, at fault, awry, deviant, deviating, deviatory, erring, erroneous, fallacious, faultful, faulty, imperfect, incorrect, misdirected, mistaken, not right, peccant, wrong II index astray, blameful, blameworthy …   Law dictionary

  • errant — [adj] wrong; deviant aberrant, deviating, devious, drifting, errable, erratic, erring, fallible, heretic, meandering, misbehaving, mischievous, miscreant, naughty, offending, off straight and narrow*, rambling, ranging, roaming, roving, shifting …   New thesaurus

  • errant — ► ADJECTIVE 1) chiefly formal or humorous straying from the accepted course or standards. 2) archaic or literary travelling in search of adventure. DERIVATIVES errantry noun. ORIGIN sense 1 from Latin errare err ; sense 2 from Old French,… …   English terms dictionary

  • errant — 1. errant, ante [ erɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • XIIe; p. prés. de l a. v. errer « marcher, aller », du bas lat. iterare « voyager » ♦ Chevalier errant, qui ne cesse de voyager. Le Juif errant. ⊗ CONTR. Sédentaire. errant 2. errant, ante [ erɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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