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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.Definition 2024
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regardant
English
Adjective
regardant (not comparable)
- (heraldry, of an animal): with the head turned toward the back of the body
- 1993, John Banville, Ghosts
- I see a forked beast squatting on the midden of the world, red-eyed, regardant, gnawing on a shinbone: poor, dumb destroyer.
- 1993, John Banville, Ghosts
Related terms
French
Verb
regardant
- present participle of regarder
Adjective
regardant m (feminine singular regardante, masculine plural regardants, feminine plural regardantes)