guardant
or gar·dant
(of an animal) depicted full-faced but with the body seen from the side: a lion guardant.
Origin of guardant
1Words 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.
English Heraldic Book-stamps | Cyril DavenportEdward III is the first monarch who introduced a crest (the lion statant-guardant) into his great seal.
The Curiosities of Heraldry | Mark Antony LowerSupporters: two lions rampant guardant argent, ducally gorged or.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry | Arthur Charles Fox-DaviesA 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-DaviesThe 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
gardant
/ (ˈɡɑːdənt) /
(usually postpositive) heraldry (of a beast) shown full face
Origin of guardant
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