Meanings
plural guardants · alternative gardant
- obsoleteA guardian or guard.
But when my angry guardant stood alone, Tendering my ruin and assail'd of none, Dizzy-eyed fury and great rage of heart Suddenly made him from my side to start Into the clustering battle of the French.
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Old Frenchguardant
- Englishguardant
From Old French guardant, present participle of guarder (“to watch”).
More words from Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish kohtikatsova
- kohtikatsovaheraldry: with head toward viewer
Swedish framåtvänd, utåtseende
- framåtvändheraldry: with head toward viewer
- utåtseendeheraldry: with head toward viewer
- med hitvänt ansikteheraldry: with head toward viewer
Cite this entry
guardant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guardant
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