errand (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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki DictionaryΩ
errand A short trip taken to perform a specified task, usually for another.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary📕
errand er′and, n. a message: a commission to say
or do something.—A fool's errand, a useless undertaking;
Go an errand, to go with messages; Make an errand, to
invent a reason for going. [A.S. ǽrende; Ice.
eyrindi; prob. conn. with Goth. áirus, Ice. árr, a
messenger.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary📗
errand Send a wise man on an errand and say nothing to him.
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