regardant adjective & noun. [rɪ'gɑ:d(ǝ)nt] LME.
[Anglo-Norman, Old & mod. French, pres. pple of regarder: see REGARD verb, -ANT¹.]
A. adjective.
1. Law (now Hist.). Attached to a manor. Esp. in villein regardant. LME.

2. Heraldry. Usu. of a lion: looking backwards over the shoulder. Usu. postpositive. LME.

3. Observant, watchful, contemplative. L16.
B. noun.
1. A spectator. L16-E17.

2. A villein regardant, a serf, (see sense A.1 above). Only in L18.

■ regardancy noun (rare) the fact of being regardant E17-L18.

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