Meaning of passant | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground.
   not-comparable
2. Currently in use; in vogue.
   not-comparable, obsolete

Examples

“He them espying, gan himselfe prepare, / And on his arme addresse his goodly shield / That bore a Lion passant in a golden field.”

“The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […].”

“Many opinions are passant concerning the basilisk, or little king of serpents, commonly called the cockatrice [...].”

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