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Trant

//tɹænt// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A turn; trick; stratagem.
Verb
  1. 1
    To walk; go about. intransitive
  2. 2
    To traffic in an itinerant manner; to peddle. intransitive
  3. 3
    To turn; play a trick. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

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