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Variant [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

2. Changeable; changing; fickle.

Variant [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.