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Webster 1913 Edition


Trant

Trant

,
Verb.
I.
[Cf. OD.
tranten
to walk slowly, LG. & D.
trant
walk, pace.]
To traffic in an itinerary manner; to peddle.
[Written also
traunt
.]
[Obs.]

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trant

trant

See also: tränt

English

Alternative forms

Verb

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.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English trant, from Middle Dutch trant (a step), from Middle Dutch tranten (to walk). Cognate with Dutch trant (style, manner fashion, mode), Swedish trant (a step).

Noun

trant (plural trants)

  1. A turn; trick; stratagem.
Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

Noun

trant m (uncountable)

  1. manner

Derived terms

  • in de trant van

Haitian Creole

Numeral

trant

  1. (cardinal) thirty