guardant

or gar·dant

[ gahr-dnt ]

adjectiveHeraldry.
  1. (of an animal) depicted full-faced but with the body seen from the side: a lion guardant.

Origin of guardant

1
1565–75; <French gardant, present participle of garder.See guard, -ant

Words Nearby guardant

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How to use guardant in a sentence

  • A Badge of a lion rampant guardant, with princely coronet, always impressed entirely in gold.

  • Edward III is the first monarch who introduced a crest (the lion statant-guardant) into his great seal.

    The Curiosities of Heraldry | Mark Antony Lower
  • Supporters: two lions rampant guardant argent, ducally gorged or.

    A Complete Guide to Heraldry | Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
  • A lion passant guardant or, is now never granted to any applicant except under a specific Royal Warrant to that effect.

    A Complete Guide to Heraldry | Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
  • The lions in the quartering for England in the Royal coat of arms are "three lions passant guardant in pale."

    A Complete Guide to Heraldry | Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

British Dictionary definitions for guardant

guardant

gardant

/ (ˈɡɑːdənt) /


adjective
  1. (usually postpositive) heraldry (of a beast) shown full face

Origin of guardant

1
C16: from French gardant guarding, from garder to guard

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