guardant

American  

[gahr-dnt] / ˈgɑr dnt /

Or gardant

adjective

Heraldry.

1. (of an animal) depicted full-faced but with the body seen from the side.

   a lion guardant.

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guardant British  

/ ˈɡɑːdənt /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of guardant

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

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Example Sentences

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guardant

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

Three lions passant guardant, a label of three points, each charged with three fleur-de-lis—Thomas, Duke of Lancaster.

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

To his right, he could see the brilliant red-and-gold banner of the lion-hearted Richard of England—gules, in pale three lions passant guardant or.

From ...After a Few Words... by Randall Garrett

Pointed oval: St. Bartholomew standing on a lion couchant guardant, in the right hand a knife, his emblem, in the left hand a book.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less by George Worley

The crest of Wales is a dragon passant guardant, gules.—The whole of these crests, with mantlings, &c., are emblazoned on the title-page of this Manual.

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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