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statant

American  
[stayt-nt] / ˈsteɪt nt /

adjective

Heraldry.
  1. (of an animal) represented as standing with all feet on the ground.

    a bear statant.


statant British  
/ ˈsteɪtənt /

adjective

  1. heraldry (of an animal) in profile with all four feet on the ground

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of statant

1490–1500; < Latin stat ( us ) (past participle of stāre to stand ) + -ant


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The crest of Grosvenor is ‘a hound or talbot statant or;’ and the supporters ‘two talbots reguardant or,’ &c.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

The female models an exquisite statant, increment nest, well set down in the crotch of a tree, but the kind of a tree selected and the materials used vary in different localities.

From Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State by Grace R. Clifton

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

Impaling: Vert, three swans in tri, statant, wings erect, argent.

From Notes and Queries, Number 233, April 15, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

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

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