guardee

[ gahr-dee ]

nounBritish Informal.

Origin of guardee

1
First recorded in 1900–05; guard + -ee

Words Nearby guardee

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How to use guardee in a sentence

  • He shared his compartment with a young guardee, "a sitting case."

    "Contemptible" | "Casualty"

British Dictionary definitions for guardee

guardee

/ (ˌɡɑːˈdiː) /


noun
  1. British informal a guardsman, esp considered as representing smartness and dash

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