Re*gard"ant (-ant), a. [F. regardant, fr. regarder. See Regard, v. t.] [Written also regardant.]
1.
Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.
[He] turns thither his regardant eye.
Southey.
2. Her.
Looking behind or backward; as, a lion regardant.
3. O.Eng.Law
Annexed to the land or manor; as, a villain regardant.
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