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guardant, a. and n.|ˈgɑːdənt|
Also 6–9 gardant, (6–7 -ante).
[a. F. gardant, pres. pple. of garder to guard.]
A. adj.
1. Guarding protecting, watching; on guard.
[1574? Implied in gardantly adv.] 1609Heywood Brit. Troy xv. 83 For young Askanius he his left hand spares, In his right hand his guardant sword he shakes. 1816Southey Lay Laureate, Dream 19, Guardant before his feet a Lion lay. 1851R. H. Stoddard Castle in Air ii. 37 My rivers flow beyond, with guardant ranks Of silver-liveried poplars on their banks.
2. Her. Of a beast: Having the full face towards the spectator. (Cf. affrontee and gaze n. 3 b.) Also fig.
1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 44 b, A Lyon Passante, Gardante, betwene three keies d'Or. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xv. (1611) 140 This Lion passant seemeth to goe with more confidence and resolution, but the gardant with more vigilance and circumspection. 1641Brome Jovial Crew ii. (1652) E, Couchant and Passant, Guardant, Rampant Beggars. 1790Pennant Lond. 392 It was a vast house, and, in the time of Stow, distinguished by the arms of England, at that time three leopards passant, guardant, and two angels the supporters, cut on stone. 1828–40[see gaze n. 3 b]. 1864Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. xix. §8 (ed. 3) 331 A lion statant guardant or.
B. n. A keeper, guardian, protector.
1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iv. vii. 9 When my angry Guardant stood alone, Tendring my ruine, and assayl'd of none. 1592W. Wyrley Armorie 153 [He] bode within the towne as gardant of the same. 1607Shakes. Cor. v. ii. 67 You shall perceiue, that a Iacke gardant cannot office me from my son Coriolanus. 1616J. Lane Cont. Sqr.'s T. xi. 248 Th' marshallers, gardantes, and tipp staves. a1632T. Taylor God's Judgem. i. ii. xli. (1642) 372 One of his owne nephews (being his over⁓seer and gardant for bringing up). |