Hypertext Webster Gateway: "regardant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Regardant \Re*gard"ant\ (-ant), a. [F. regardant, fr. regarder.
See {Regard}, v. t.] [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
regardant
adj : (heraldry) looking backward [syn: {regardant(ip)}]
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