statant
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of statant
1490–1500; < Latin stat ( us ) (past participle of stāre to stand ) + -ant
Example Sentences
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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.
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
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 crest of Grosvenor is ‘a hound or talbot statant or;’ and the supporters ‘two talbots reguardant or,’ &c.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
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 Clifton, Grace R.
A lion statant guardant gu., assumed by Robert II., about A.D.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
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