guardant
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of guardant
1565–75; < French gardant, present participle of garder. See guard, -ant
Example Sentences
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In pretence over these Arms he bears an Inescutcheon of the Arms of Wales, viz. quarterly or and gu., four lions passant guardant counter-changed, the Inescutcheon surmounted by the Coronet of the Heir-Apparent.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
Three lions rampant, conjoined, under one head, guardant, in the fess points.
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
Three lions passant guardant, with a label of three points—Edward, Prince of Wales.
From The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See by A. (Arthur) Clutton-Brock
In the centre is the Crown over two winged lions passant guardant, each holding a book and seven arrows.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
Azure, two lions passant guardant in pale or.—17.
From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by William Henry Hamilton Rogers
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