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gardant

[gahr-dnt]
adjective
  1. guardant.

guardant

or gar·dant

[gahr-dnt]
adjective Heraldry.
  1. (of an animal) depicted full-faced but with the body seen from the side: a lion guardant.

Origin of guardant

1565–75; < French gardant, present participle of garder. See guard, -ant
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British Dictionary definitions for gardant

gardant

adjective
  1. a less common spelling of guardant

guardant

gardant

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

Word Origin for guardant

C16: from French gardant guarding, from garder to guard
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