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”).
Verb[edit]
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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Etymology 2[edit]
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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Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch trant (“a step”), from tranten (“to walk”).
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trant m (uncountable)
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trant
Middle English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch trant, from tranten (“to walk”).
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Noun[edit]
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.
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