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Webster 1913 Edition


Tergant

Ter′gant

,
Adj.
(Her.)
Showing the back;
as, the eagle
tergant
.
[Written also
tergiant
.]

Definition 2024


tergant

tergant

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

tergant (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Showing its back, having its back turned to the viewer.
    an eagle tergant

References

  • tergant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Latin

Verb

tergant

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of tergō