noun
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a room used by guards
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a room in which prisoners are confined under guard
Etymology
Origin of guardroom
Example Sentences
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Mr Pile-Grey admits he then lost his temper and describes being bundled out of the guardroom.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2023
But in July 2021, at Wellington Barracks, in central London, he had a row with two white soldiers at the guardroom to his base.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2023
It was probably the guardroom, where the guards usually rested.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2011
A correspondent last week overheard the following conversation outside a guardroom between an R.A.F. corporal and a French private: Britain: A quelle heure voo etes off duty?
From Time Magazine Archive
The gold cloaks had confined Ser Cleos to a win- dowless guardroom in the gatehouse.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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