Webster's English Dictionary

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variant

1. vari.ant \'ver-e--*nt, 'var-\ aj obs  1: VARIABLE  2: manifesting 
   variety, deviation, or disagreement  3: varying usu. slightly from the 
   standard form {~ readings} 
2. variant n : one of two or more persons or things exhibiting usu. slight 
   differences  : as : one that exhibits variation from a type or norm  : one 
   of two or more different spellings or pronunciations of the same wo rd