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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

varians

, p. pr. of

variare

to change: cf. F.

variant

. See

Varying in form, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.

Changeable; changing; fickle.

[Obs.]

He is so

variant

, he abit [abides] nowhere.

Chaucer.

Noun.

[Cf. F.

variante

Something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same;

as, a

variant

from a type in natural history; a

variant

of a story or a word.