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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Regardant

Re-gärd'ant, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. regardant, from regarder. See REGARD, v.] [Written also regardant.] 1. Looking behind. He, passing now Unknown and silently the dangerous track, Turns thither his regardant eye. Southey.

  1. (Her.) Looking behind or backward; as, a lion regardant.
  2. (O. Eng. Law.) Annexed to the land; as, a villain regardant. Blackstone.
A heraldic lion walking with its head turned backward, enclosed within a shield.
Regardant passant. (2.)

Re-guärd'ant, a.

adjective

a. (Her.) The same as REGARDANT.