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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Errand \Er"rand\, n. [OE. erende erande message, business, AS [ae]rende, [ae]rend; akin to OS arundi, OHG. arunti Icel. eyrendi ["o]rendi, erendi Sw ["a]rende, Dan. [ae]rende; perh. akin to AS earu swift, Icel. ["o]rr, and to L. oriri to rise, E. orient.] A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often a verbal message; a commission; as the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also one's purpose in going anywhere. I have a secret errand to thee, O king. --Judg. iii. 19. I will not eat till I have told mine errand. --Gen. xxiv. 33. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: errand n : a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
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