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Passant vs Rangant - What's the difference?

passant | rangant |

As adjectives the difference between passant and rangant

is that passant is (heraldry|of a four-legged animal) walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground while rangant is (heraldry) passant with head lowered, as if preparing to charge (used eg of bulls).

passant

English

Alternative forms

* passaunt (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • (heraldry, of a four-legged animal) Walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground.
  • * , III.i:
    • He them espying, gan himselfe prepare, / And on his arme addresse his goodly shield / That bore a Lion passant in a golden field.
  • (obsolete) Currently in use; in vogue.
  • * 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.7:
    • Many opinions are passant concerning the basilisk, or little king of serpents, commonly called the cockatrice [...].
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    rangant

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (heraldry) passant with head lowered, as if preparing to charge (used e.g. of bulls)
  • enraged, furious
  • :When enticed with a red object, a bull is rangant .

    • Synonyms

    * furiosant

    References

    * Dictionary of Heraldry