Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who acts as a guard.
- noun A member of the National Guard.
- noun Chiefly British A soldier in a regiment of household guards.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who guards or keeps ward; a watchman.
- noun In the British service, an officer or private in the Guards.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who guards; a guard.
- noun A member, either officer or private, of any military body called Guards.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person, especially a
soldier , who is onguard . - noun US A member of the National Guard.
- noun UK A member of a
Guards regiment .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a soldier who is a member of a unit called `the guard' or `guards'
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Examples
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REALITY CHECK: According to the Pentagon, someone who serves in the Air National Guard, as Bush did in the 1970s, is referred to as a guardsman, not a member of the active-duty Air Force.
The Deluxe Election-Edition Bushisms Jacob Weisberg 2004
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REALITY CHECK: According to the Pentagon, someone who serves in the Air National Guard, as Bush did in the 1970s, is referred to as a guardsman, not a member of the active-duty Air Force.
The Deluxe Election-Edition Bushisms Jacob Weisberg 2004
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He saw a tall and bony man with very bright blue eyes and what is sometimes called a guardsman's mustache -- the drooping, walruslike ornament which dates back a good many years now.
Jason Justus Miles Forman 1895
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The guardsman was a young man, perhaps seventeen or eighteen, but no more.
Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010
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The guardsman was a young man, perhaps seventeen or eighteen, but no more.
Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010
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The guardsman was a young man, perhaps seventeen or eighteen, but no more.
Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010
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Abruptly there was an audible snap, and the guardsman was a dead weight sagging on his chest.
Conan The Invincible Jordan, Robert 1982
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The guardsman who had wrestled Hoyle from the carriage clapped his hand across her mouth, and was bitten for his trouble.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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A short, heavy woman in a plain blue dress stepped out, muscled along by a guardsman who gripped her by the wrist.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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Dodd, the third guardsman, had dashed up the stairs to fetch Balfour.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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