Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Regardant

Regardant (-ant) , adjective

[French regardant, from regarder. See Regard, transitive verb]

1.
Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.
[He] turns thither his regardant eye. — Southey
2.
(Heraldry) Looking behind or backward; as, a lion regardant.
3.
(O.Eng.Law) Annexed to the land or manor; as, a villain regardant.