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
A coast guardsman tears up at the memory of carrying a baby in her bare arms as they were winched into a helicopter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2025
They worried that Quirin and Heinck were suspicious of Dasch because he hadn't overpowered the coast guardsman.
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
National Guard and out-of-state guardsmen who were deployed there.
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 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 red woman too had her attendants—the squire Devan Seaworth and two of the guardsmen the king had left her.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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