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.