What is "tarrants"

Usage examples of "tarrants".

I knew that the Tarrants would object as well—they could not be expected to see why they were so un­suitable, poor things.

Then, before the Tarrants got word of the tragedy them­selves and spirited the child away—pounce.

Oh, just for instance, she seemed to think that since I lived with the Tarrants, I should be a painter, when my real interest is music.

And who better to send her to than the Tarrants, whose power could block Alanna's?

Davies thought, because I was fos­tered with the Tarrants of Blackbird Cottage, who are well-known artists, I might have some original ideas for the goods for this year's parish booth—and as a matter of fact, I do.

That left the Tarrants alone in Blackbird Cot­tage for the first time in their lives, a state which seemed to agree perfectly with them.

In another time and place he might have imagined it had something to do with the perceived importance of his family (he had told that priestess his name, after all) or some other matter connected with the fact that the Tarrants had been avid Church supporters for longer than most families had even been in existence.

Like all the Tarrants, Andrys had been raised to serve the One God, in word and deed if not in spirit, and he had been to services often enough for weddings and the like to be able to mouth the common prayers along with his fellows.