household troops

plural noun

1. troops guarding or attending a sovereign or a sovereign's residence.

household troops

plural noun

1. the infantry and cavalry regiments that carry out escort and guard duties for a head of state

Word History and Origins

Origin of household troops¹

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

He had begun life as an officer in the French household troops in absolute boyhood.

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The Brigade of Guards—the infantry of the household troops—comprises the five regiments of foot-guards.

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Being household troops these regiments are subject to certain special regulations and have certain privileges.

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When the household troops advance from St. Petersburg it means that the army is on a war footing and is taking the field.

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Ramses and Menna were left with only a few picked chariots of the household troops, and the whole Hittite army was coming on.

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