What does tergiant mean?
Tergiant means (heraldry) Showing its back, having its back turned to the viewer..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(heraldry) Showing its back, having its back turned to the viewer..
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Tortoise [:] this animal is usually borne displayed tergiant in fesse, which position is sometimes described as passant. The term gradient seems to be used to mean the same, and tergiant seems to be implied though not expressed.
Use tergiant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tergiant means (heraldry) Showing its back, having its back turned to the viewer..
Common synonyms include recursant, en arrière.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tergiant.
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