\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.