drant

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Scots drant, draunt (droning or drawling tone), borrowed from Scottish Gaelic dranndan, draundan (hum, buzzing, complaint, growl, snarl), akin to Irish dranntan (hum, buzzing, growl).

Verb[edit]

drant (third-person singular simple present drants, present participle dranting, simple past and past participle dranted)

  1. (Scotland, dialect, transitive, intransitive) To drawl; to drone.

Noun[edit]

drant (plural drants)

  1. (Scotland, dialect) A droning tone.

References[edit]

  • drant”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908).

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