guardant
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of guardant
1565–75; < French gardant, present participle of garder. See guard, -ant
Example Sentences
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The shield of Henry VIII. was supported on the dexter side by a lion guardant, crowned or; on the sinister by a dragon gules.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
Here was a worthy quest—a beautiful if not precious crystal betokening the actual presence of a wary demon guardant over the mouldering skeletons of Wylo's forefathers!
From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
Argent, a lion rampant guardant gules, debruised by a fess azure.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
A waiter in full bloom appeared at the end of the passage, guardant.
From The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Three lions passant guardant, a border—Edmund of Woodstock.
From The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See by Clutton-Brock, A. (Arthur)
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