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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A body of cavalry for guards. See guard.
  • [capitalized] The public office in Whitehall. London, appropriated to the departments under the commander-in-chief of the British army: so called from the two horsemen standing sentry at the gates.
  • [capitalized] The military authorities in charge of the war department of Great Britain, in distinction from the civil chief, the Secretary for War.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • (Mil.) A body of cavalry so called; esp., a British regiment, called the Royal Horse Guards, which furnishes guards of state for the sovereign.
  • a name given to the former headquarters of the commander in chief of the British army, at Whitehall in London.

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