guardant
Adjective

guardant (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry, of an animal) Positioned with the body viewed from the side, but with the head turned toward the viewer
Noun

guardant (plural guardants)

  1. (obsolete) A guardian.
    • 1592, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1
      But when my angry guardant stood alone, / Tendering my ruin and assail'd of none, / Dizzy-eyed fury and great rage of heart / Suddenly made him from my side to start / Into the clustering battle of the French.



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