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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“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
Morrisey attended a vigil on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a student.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025
Cajero was tasked with leading the officers who had survived the purge and the guardsman who now worked alongside them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2025
The murky visibility was making it nearly impossible for rookie coast guardsman John Cullen to do his job.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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
He had been thinking of those guardsmen during his flight, trying to recall how many there had been.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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