regardant
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- unregardant adjective
Etymology
Origin of regardant
1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French, present participle of regarder to regard
Example Sentences
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Guenever looked upon the six lioncels passant regardant —they were marching along with red tongues and daws, winking pertly over their backsides and waving their flame- tipped tails.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The last mode we have here to note in which the imagination regardant � 19.
From Modern Painters Volume II (of V) by Ruskin, John
When the lions' heads are placed in the same position as in rampant gardant and regardant, they are then said to be passant gardant and regardant.
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 the dead silence that ensued the Colonel moved back to the side of the Surveyor-General, and the two stood, thoughtfully regardant of the prisoner.
From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Johnston, Mary
His commentary upon Littleton certainly has a passage which shows that he came across opinions implying a difference of status between villains regardant and villains in gross.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
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