GARDANT

gardant, guardant(ip), ip, full-face

(adjective) looking forward

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

gardant (not comparable)

(heraldry) Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body.

Source: Wiktionary


Gar"dant, a. Etym: [F. See Guardant.] (Her.)

Definition: Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; -- said of a lion or other beast.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

27 April 2024

GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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