Definition of Gardant

1. Adjective. Looking forward.

Exact synonyms: Full-face, Guardant
Category relationships: Heraldry
Similar to: Forward

Definition of Gardant

1. a. Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; -- said of a lion or other beast.

Definition of Gardant

1. Adjective. (heraldry) Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gardant

1. turned directly toward the observer -- used of a heraldic animal [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gardant

garbologist
garbologists
garbology
garbos
garbs
garburator
garburators
garbure
garbures
garcinia
garcinias
garcon
garcons
garda
gardai
gardant (current term)
gardant(ip)
gardants
garden-burger
garden-burgers
garden-path sentence
garden-variety
garden angelica
garden apartment
garden apartments
garden balm
garden burger
garden burgers
garden cart

Literary usage of Gardant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Some Feudal Coats of Arms from Heraldic Rolls 1298-1418: Illustrated with by Joseph Foster (1902)
"... Robert de (E. HL Roll) bore, azure, a leopard rampant argent .Ie a lyon rampant gardant ; Jenyns' ... rampant gardant argent. (F.) Arundel Roll. ..."

2. The Antiquary (1904)
"The arms upon this plate on the first shield: Quarterly i, Wynne, vert, three eagles displayed in fess, or; 2, gu., three lions passant gardant in pale ..."

3. The Annals of England: An Epitome of English History, from Contemporary by William Edward] [Flaherty (1857)
"... Cromwells placed their arms (a lion rampant gardant argent) on an escutcheon surtout, sable. AD 1649. Charles II. becomes king de jure, Jan. 30 «. ..."

4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The lion was naturally supposed to be rampant and in profile, the leopard passant gardant. When the conventional animal that might stand for either was ..."

5. Some Feudal Coats of Arms from Heraldic Rolls 1298-1418: Illustrated with by Joseph Foster (1902)
"... Robert de (E. HL Roll) bore, azure, a leopard rampant argent .Ie a lyon rampant gardant ; Jenyns' ... rampant gardant argent. (F.) Arundel Roll. ..."

6. The Antiquary (1904)
"The arms upon this plate on the first shield: Quarterly i, Wynne, vert, three eagles displayed in fess, or; 2, gu., three lions passant gardant in pale ..."

7. The Annals of England: An Epitome of English History, from Contemporary by William Edward] [Flaherty (1857)
"... Cromwells placed their arms (a lion rampant gardant argent) on an escutcheon surtout, sable. AD 1649. Charles II. becomes king de jure, Jan. 30 «. ..."

8. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"The lion was naturally supposed to be rampant and in profile, the leopard passant gardant. When the conventional animal that might stand for either was ..."

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