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单词 guardant
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guardantadj.n.

/ˈɡɑːdənt/
Forms: Also 1500s–1800s gardant, (1500s–1600s gardante).
Etymology: < French gardant, present participle of garder to guard v.
A. adj.
1. Guarding protecting, watching; on guard.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [adjective]
guardant1574
guarding1819
1574 [implied in: J. Jones Briefe Disc. Growing & Liuing Things sig. F.i Howe Gardantly therfore these are to be Regarded, wise men easely seeth. (at gardantly adv.)].
1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xv. 83 For young Askanius he his left hand spares, In his right hand his guardant sword he shakes.
1816 R. Southey Dream in Lay of Laureate 19 Guardant before his feet a Lion lay.
1851 R. H. Stoddard Castle in Air ii. 37 My rivers flow beyond, with guardant ranks Of silver-liveried poplars on their banks.
2. Heraldry. Of a beast: Having the full face towards the spectator. (Cf. affrontee n. and gaze n. 3b) Also figurative.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [adjective] > specific aspects of heraldic beasts
regardantc1460
addorsed1572
guardant1572
inverted1610
despectant1688
recursant1688
respectant1688
suspectant1688
adossé1710
affrontee1718
affrontee1724
tourné1725
spectant1825
three-quarteredc1828
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 44v A Lyon Passante, Gardante, betwene three keies d'Or.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xv. 140 This Lion Passant seemeth to goe with more confidence and resolution, but the Gardant with more vigilancie and circumspection.
1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. E1 Couchant and Passant, Guardant, Rampant Beggars.
1790 T. Pennant Of London 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 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. (at cited word) The hart, stag, buck, or hind, when borne in coat-armour, looking affrontée or full-faced, is said to be at gaze..but all other beasts in this attitude are called guardant.
1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xix. §8. 331 A lion statant guardant or.
B. n.
A keeper, guardian, protector.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > keeper or guardian
warda680
warden?c1225
watchman14..
geterc1540
guarder1542
guardant1592
vigil1648
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > guardian or custodian
herd971
wardena1290
keepera1300
yemerc1330
looker1340
tutor1377
actorc1384
conservator1447
custosc1450
guardian1477
custodier?c1500
custode1543
guardant1592
custodian1602
supervisor1691
vigilant1822
1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 153 [He] bode within the towne as gardant of the same.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. vii. 9 When my angry Guardant stood alone, Tendring my ruine, and assayl'd of none. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. ii. 63 You shall perceiue, that a Iacke gardant cannot office me from my Son Coriolanus. View more context for this quotation
1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale xi. 248 Th' marshallers, gardantes, and tipp staves.
a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) i. ii. xli. 372 One of his owne nephews (being his over~seer and gardant for bringing up).
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