errante
wandering
adjective eh-RRAHN-teh Rare
Origin: Latin errantem, from errare (to wander)
Also means
errant
Usage Note
Errante can describe physical wandering (un pueblo errante, a nomadic people) or a more figurative restlessness. It is the same form for masculine and feminine (el caballero errante, la tribu errante). The noun form el errar (wandering, roaming) is literary and rather uncommon in speech.
Examples
"Llevaba una vida errante sin rumbo fijo."
Natural Translation
He led a wandering life with no fixed direction.

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