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Guardsman

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A person who acts as a guard.

n. A member of the National Guard.

n. Chiefly British A soldier in a regiment of household guards.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A person, especially a soldier, who is on guard.

n. A member of the National Guard.

n. A member of a Guards regiment.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. One who guards; a guard.

n. A member, either officer or private, of any military body called Guards.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One who guards or keeps ward; a watchman.

n. In the British service, an officer or private in the Guards.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a soldier who is a member of a unit called `the guard' or `guards'

Word Usage

"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."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

soldier

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

guard

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