(of an animal) in profile with all four feet on the ground
Word origin
C15: from Latin, apparently from irregularly formed present participle of stāre to stand
statant in American English
(ˈsteitnt)
adjective
Heraldry(of an animal)
represented as standing with all feet on the ground
a bear statant
Word origin
[1490–1500; ‹ L stat(us) (ptp. of stāre to stand) + -ant]This word is first recorded in the period 1490–1500. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: adopt, legal, modern, passport, pointer-ant is a suffix forming adjectives and nouns from verbs, occurring originally in Frenchand Latin loanwords (pleasant; constant; servant) and productive in English on this model; -ant has the general sense “characterized by or serving in the capacity of” that namedby the stem (ascendant; pretendant), esp. in the formation of nouns denoting human agents in legal actions or otherformal procedures (tenant; defendant; applicant; contestant). In technical and commercial coinages, -ant is a suffix of nouns denoting impersonal physical agents (propellant; lubricant; deodorant). In general, -ant can be added only to bases of Latin origin, with a very few exceptions, as coolant