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Gardant vs Guardant - What's the difference?

gardant | guardant | Alternative forms |

Guardant is a alternative form of gardant.



As adjectives the difference between gardant and guardant

is that gardant is turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body while guardant is positioned with the body viewed from the side, but with the head turned toward the viewer.

As a noun guardant is

a guardian.

gardant

English

Adjective

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

    English

    Alternative forms

    * gardant

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (heraldry, of an animal) Positioned with the body viewed from the side, but with the head turned toward the viewer

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A guardian.
    • (Shakespeare)
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