trant

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See also: Trant and tränt

English

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Etymology 1

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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

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trant (third-person singular simple present trants, present participle tranting, simple past and past participle tranted)

  1. (intransitive) To walk; go about.
  2. (intransitive) To traffic in an itinerant manner; to peddle.
  3. (intransitive) To turn; play a trick.
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Etymology 2

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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

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trant (plural trants)

  1. A turn; trick; stratagem.
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Dutch

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From Middle Dutch trant (a step), from tranten (to walk).

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Noun

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trant m (uncountable)

  1. manner

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Haitian Creole

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Numeral

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trant

  1. thirty

Middle English

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch trant, from tranten (to walk).

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trant (plural trantes) (Late Middle English)

  1. A stratagem, trick or trant; an act of cleverness.
  2. Cleverness, trickiness; a tendency to be tricky.

Descendants

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  • English: trant
  • Scots: tranty

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