guardsman
Americannoun
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guardsmen
plural
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a person who acts as a guard.
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a member of the U.S. National Guard.
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British. a member of any select body of troops traditionally organized to protect the person of the sovereign.
noun
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(in Britain) a member of a Guards battalion or regiment
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(in the US) a member of the National Guard
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a guard
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Origin of guardsman
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The three-minute video was posted by the president on the US Labor Day holiday and opens with footage of French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace as a guardsman appears to collapse behind him.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
“But there’s nothing much to do here,” one guardsman said.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026
Schneider, the retired national guardsman, was interested in the class more to cultivate a hobby and hopes to find a local auctioneer to offer his services to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
The Border Patrol official spoke to the guardsman through a closed gate and was denied entry to the park, the solicitor general wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
"Here to fight in the Hand's tourney, my lord?" a guardsman called out to him.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Next came Didius Julianus, a senatorial aristocrat who achieved the throne by bribing the guardsmen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Starting Sunday the funeral home holding his body was surrounded by dozens of soldiers, national guardsmen, and police who interrogated anyone who came close.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
"She volunteered, as did many of those guardsmen and women, so other people could be home with their families," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
The two met guardsmen at the fast-food restaurant Shake Shack in the station, covering the troops’ lunch.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2025
The guardsmen left their mounts out-side the walls and escorted her through a narrow postern door, then up endless steps to a tower.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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