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Definition of Errand
1. Noun. A short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission.
Definition of Errand
1. n. 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.
Definition of Errand
1. Noun. A trip to accomplish a small mission or to do some business (dropping items by, doing paperwork, going to a friend's house, etc.) ¹
2. Noun. The purpose of such trip. ¹
3. Noun. An oral message trusted to a person for delivery. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To send someone on an errand. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To go on an errand. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Errand
1. a short trip made for a particular purpose [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Errand
Literary usage of Errand
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the International Law of the United States: Taken from Documents by Francis Wharton (1887)
"The present occasion seems a fitting one for me to again assure you, as I have
done in my note of April 17, that the errand upon which these national ..."
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