guardant means positioned with the body viewed from the side, but with the head turned toward the viewer. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
adj
- Positioned with the body viewed from the side, but with the head turned toward the viewer.
noun
- A guardian or guard.“But when my angry guardant stood alone,
Tendering my ruin and assail'd of none,
Dizzy-eyed fury and great rage of heart
Suddenly made him from my side to start
Into the clustering battle of the French.”