statant

American

[steyt-nt] / ˈsteɪt nt /

adjective

Heraldry.

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

a bear statant.

statant British

/ ˈsteɪtənt /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of statant

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

Example Sentences

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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.

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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.

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The crown is generally surmounted with a crest: as in the arms of the kings of England, the crown is surmounted by a lion statant, guardant, crowned.

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A lion statant guardant gu., assumed by Robert II., about A.D.

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The English crest is a crown surmounted by a lion statant guardant crowned, or.

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