palace guard

American  

noun

1. the security force protecting a palace.

2. a group of trusted advisers who often control access to a sovereign, president, or other chief executive.

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Etymology

Origin of palace guard

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

A startling sign of this ferment was the defection in October of Gleb Karakulov, a member of Putin’s Kremlin palace guard known as the Federal Protective Service, or FSO.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2023

The mystery is confounded by the frequent stopovers that the head of Mr. Moïse’s presidential palace guard, Dimitri Hérard, made in Bogotá in the months before the assassination.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2021

And records published by the Colombian magazine Semana show that top palace guard Dimitri Hérard traveled repeatedly to Colombia in the months before the killing, suggesting he might have been involved in recruiting the mercenaries.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2021

But then the palace guard found Caligula's uncle Claudius hiding behind a curtain and hailed him emperor instead.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2013

I have instructed the palace guard to put a quick end to any further attempts to exploit this charitable service.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood