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guardant
or gar·dant
[ gahr-dnt ]
adjective
, Heraldry.
- (of an animal) depicted full-faced but with the body seen from the side:
a lion guardant.
guardant
/ ˈɡɑːdənt /
adjective
- usually postpositive heraldry (of a beast) shown full face
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of guardant1
C16: from French gardant guarding, from garder to guard
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Example Sentences
A Badge of a lion rampant guardant, with princely coronet, always impressed entirely in gold.
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Edward III is the first monarch who introduced a crest (the lion statant-guardant) into his great seal.
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Supporters: two lions rampant guardant argent, ducally gorged or.
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A lion passant guardant or, is now never granted to any applicant except under a specific Royal Warrant to that effect.
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The lions in the quartering for England in the Royal coat of arms are "three lions passant guardant in pale."
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