English Explanatory Dictionary

trant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To walk; go about.
  2. To traffic in an itinerant manner; to peddle.
  3. To turn; play a trick.
noun
  1. A turn; trick; stratagem.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/tɹænt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trant.wav

Word forms

trant trants tranting tranted traunt

Etymology

From Middle English tranten, from or cognate with Middle Dutch tranten (“to step, walk”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *trent-, *trant- (“to walk”). Cognate with West Frisian trantsje (“to step, step time; dance, jump”). Compare also Dutch drentelen (“to saunter”).

Derived words

tranter tranty
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