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regardant

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re⋅gard⋅ant

  [ri-gahr-dnt]
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–adjective Heraldry.
(of a beast) looking backward: a stag regardant.
Also, reguardant.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME < MF, prp. of regarder to regard
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adj.   Heraldry
Looking backward in profile: a lion regardant.

[Middle English, from Old French, present participle of regarder, to regard; see regard.]
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