en garde

[ahn gahrd; French ahn gard]

SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR en garde ON THESAURUS.COM

interjection Fencing.

(used as the call to the fencers by the director of a match to assume the prescribed position preparatory to action.)

Origin of en garde

< French: on guard

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for en garde

dodge, resist, rebuff, rebuke, fence, repulse, prevent, forestall, avoid, sidestep, anticipate, evade, elude, repel, deflect, bypass, duck, shun, shirk, preclude

British Dictionary definitions for en garde

en garde

interjection

on guard; a call to a fencer to adopt a defensive stance in readiness for an attack or bout

adjective

(of a fencer) in such a stance

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012