Foot Guards
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Foot Guards
First recorded in 1665–75
Example Sentences
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Its items are also worn by the Foot Guards and the Royal Horse Artillery.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2022
Each corner of the platform is guarded around the clock by units from the Sovereign's Bodyguard, Foot Guards or the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
From Reuters ● Sep. 12, 2022
The report said, given entries in Gdsm 1's medical records, the panel was "content that Gdsm 1 was aware that they needed corrective lenses to meet the entry standards of the Foot Guards".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2022
Five companies of Foot Guards, brave in their two-foot bearskins, scarlet tunics and white belts, wheeled in long-lined precision into Whitehall's Horse Guards Parade.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then Pen's uncle offered to use his influence with His Royal Highness the commander-in-chief, who was pleased to be very kind to him, and proposed to get Pen a commission in the Foot Guards.
From A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy by William Makepeace Thackeray
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