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 English crest is a crown surmounted by a lion statant guardant crowned, or.
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
The Lion Crest of Richard II., sculptured statant guardant upon his helm, with a chapeau and mantling, and with the Badge of two Ostrich feathers, in Westminster Hall, is without any crown: No. 199.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
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
The Scottish crest is an imperial crown, surmounted by a lion sejant guardant, displaying two sceptres or.
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
In describing the royal arms of England we should say—Quarterly, first and fourth gules, three lions passant guardant, or.
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
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