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aspectant

aspectant adjective: face to face (especially heraldry).

Adjective

aspectant (not comparable)

  1. Face to face (especially heraldry).
    • CARROLL - Argent, two lions erect aspectant gules supporting a sword proper. Carroll, […]1961, Jack Adolphe Reynolds, Heraldry and You: Modern Heraldic Usage in America, Edinburgh; New York : Nelson
    • Blinking in a yellowlit housewindow two faces fixed aspectant in some domestic tragedy. Rapid his progress who petrifies these innocents into stony history.1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 178

Questions about aspectant

What does aspectant mean?
Aspectant means face to face (especially heraldry).
What part of speech is aspectant?
Aspectant is an adjective.

Words near aspectant in the dictionary

  1. aspect-oriented languages
  2. aspect-oriented programming
  3. aspect-oriented programming language
  4. aspect-oriented programming languages
  5. aspectable
  6. aspectant
  7. aspected
  8. aspecting
  9. aspection
  10. aspections
  11. aspectism

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