Regardant

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Regardant \Re*gard"ant\ (-ant), a. [F. regardant, fr. regarder.
     See {Regard}, v. t.] [Written also {regardant}.]
     1. Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.
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              [He] turns thither his regardant eye. --Southey.


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     2. (Her.) Looking behind or backward; as, a lion regardant.
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     3. (O.Eng.Law) Annexed to the land or manor; as, a villain
        regardant.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  regardant
       adj : looking backward [syn: {regardant(ip)}]