Lexic.us

Definition of Guardant

1. Adjective. Looking forward.

Definition of Guardant

1. a. Acting as guardian.

2. n. A guardian.

Definition of Guardant

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

2. Noun. (obsolete) A guardian. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Guardant

1. a guardian [n -S] - See also: guardian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Guardant

Literary usage of Guardant

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

1. An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and by James Balfour Paul (1893)
"Arg. a lion passant guardant gu., crowned or, within a bordure engrailed ... Arg. a lion passant guardant holding between his paws a sword erected in pale ..."

2. English Heraldry: With Four Hundred and Fifty Illus. Drawn and Engraved on by Charles Boutell (1907)
"Rampant guardant, his tail elevated, No. 171. Rampant guardant: as before, but looking out from the Shield, No. 172. Rampant Re- guardant: as before, ..."

3. The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information: Concerning Remarkable Men ...by William Hone by William Hone (1841)
"And to his third son he gave that part of Britain called Cambria, with arms Argent, three Lions passant guardant, Gules, which the princes of Wales used for ..."

4. Honor Redivivus: Or, The Analysis of Honor and Armory by Matthew Carter (1673)
"... fant guardant, Or, languid, and armed Gules by the name of Hammon of \Acris in Kent ... either Whole or Demy, that arc guardant j but, £ think, ..."

5. Annals of the Coinage of Great Britain and Its Dependencies:: From the by Rogers Ruding (1840)
"MM on both sides a lion passant guardant. Rev. SIT, etc. In the centre a cross calvary between the letters н and R. Brit. Mus. 2 Obv. as No. ..."

6. The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614: With by William Flower, Richard Saint-George, Richard Mundy, John Withie, College of Arms (Great Britain) (1871)
"1400 a lion passant guardant is substituted for the fleur-de-lia on sinister side of the chief. ... guardant ..."

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