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guardsman - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun noun noun Chiefly British A soldier in a regiment of household guards.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun noun
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun noun
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun soldier , who is on guard .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
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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
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
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
The guardsman was a young man, perhaps seventeen or eighteen, but no more.
Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010
The guardsman was a young man, perhaps seventeen or eighteen, but no more.
Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010
The guardsman was a young man, perhaps seventeen or eighteen, but no more.
Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010
Abruptly there was an audible snap, and the guardsman was a dead weight sagging on his chest.
Conan The Invincible Jordan, Robert 1982
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
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
Dodd, the third guardsman , had dashed up the stairs to fetch Balfour.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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