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Webster 1913 Edition
Regardant
Re-gard′ant
(-ant)
, Adj.
[Written also
regardant
.] 1.
Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.
[He] turns thither his
regardant
eye. Southey.
2.
(Her.)
Looking behind or backward;
as, a lion
. regardant
3.
(O.Eng.Law)
Annexed to the land or manor;
as, a villain
. regardant
Webster 1828 Edition
Regardant
REG'ARDANT
,Adj.
1.
In law, a villain regardant is one annexed to the manor or land.2.
In heraldry, looking behind, as a lion or other beast.