trant
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Etymology 1 edit
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”).
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trant (third-person singular simple present trants, present participle tranting, simple past and past participle tranted)
- (intransitive) To walk; go about.
- (intransitive) To traffic in an itinerant manner; to peddle.
- (intransitive) To turn; play a trick.
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From Middle English trant, from Middle Dutch trant (“a step”), from tranten (“to walk”). Cognate with Dutch trant (“style, manner fashion, mode”), Swedish trant (“a step”).
Noun edit
trant (plural trants)
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From Middle Dutch trant (“a step”), from tranten (“to walk”).
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trant m (uncountable)
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trant
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From Middle Dutch trant, from tranten (“to walk”).
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trant (plural trantes) (Late Middle English)
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References edit
- “trant(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-18.