"tergiant" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Latin tergum",
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  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Latin tergum.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 578",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:tergiant."
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        "Showing its back, having its back turned to the viewer."
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        "(heraldry) Showing its back, having its back turned to the viewer."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "recursant"
        },
        {
          "word": "en arrière"
        }
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        "not-comparable"
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        "government",
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        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
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  "word": "tergiant"
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  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Latin tergum.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "text": "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.",
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        "Showing its back, having its back turned to the viewer."
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        "(heraldry) Showing its back, having its back turned to the viewer."
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        {
          "word": "recursant"
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          "word": "en arrière"
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  "word": "tergiant"
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