Regardant \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)