Usually means: Elite military unit, regime protection.
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  1. Republican Guard: Vocabulary.com
  2. republican guard: Dictionary.com
  3. Republican Guard (Albania), Republican Guard (Algeria), Republican Guard (Egypt), Republican Guard (Ethiopia), Republican Guard (France), Republican Guard (Guinea), Republican Guard (Iraq), Republican Guard (Kazakhstan), Republican Guard (Lebanon), Republican Guard (Peru), Republican Guard (Sudan), Republican Guard (Syria), Republican Guard (Yemen), Republican guard: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. Republican guard: Rhymezone
  5. republican guard: FreeDictionary.org
  6. republican guard: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. Republican Guard: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. republican guard, Republican Guard: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Republican Guard)

noun:  A republican guard, sometimes called a national guard, is a state organization of a country (often a republic, hence the name Republican) which typically serves to protect the head of state and the government, and thus is often synonymous with a presidential guard.
noun:  The Iraqi Republican Guard was a branch of the Iraqi military from 1969 to 2003, which existed primarily during the presidency of Saddam Hussein.
noun:  part of the French National Gendarmerie.
noun:  The Special Forces of the State Security Service of Kazakhstan, also known commonly and formerly as the Republican Guard of Kazakhstan (Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Respublikalyq ūlany; ) is a branch of the State Security Service of Kazakhstan.
noun:  The Republican Guard Brigade (| Liwāʾ al-Ḥaras al-ǧumhūrī), also known as the Presidential Guard Brigade, is a unit of the Land Component of the Lebanese Armed Forces, attached to the Directorate-General of the Presidency of Lebanon.
noun:  The Algerian Republican Guard, is a military corps of the Algerian army.
noun:  The Syrian Republican Guard, also known as the Presidential Guard, was an elite 25,000 man praetorian guard unit in the Syrian Army prior to the fall of the Assad regime, and was reportedly at a corps size with around 60,000 guardsmen.
noun:  The Congolese Republican Guard of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly known as the Special Presidential Security Group (Groupe Spécial de Sécurité Présidentielle, GSSP), is a praetorian guard unit maintained by and tasked to protect the Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi.
noun:  The Egyptian Republican Guard is a Division level command within the Egyptian Army, designed to be an armored division with the main responsibilities of defending the President of the Republic as well as the major presidential and strategic institutions, including the Presidential Palaces, Command centers, and presidential airports.
noun:  The Republican Guard of Peru was a branch of the Peruvian National Gendarmerie responsible for providing security to the headquarters of public institutions and penitentiary establishments, as well as border control.
noun:  a paramilitary government agency of Albania mandated by law to protect high-ranking state officials, including the President of Albania, as well as certain national properties, high-ranking foreign visitors and diplomatic offices.
noun:  The Yemeni Republican Guard, formerly known as the Strategic Reserve Forces, was an elite praetorian guard unit in the Yemen Army.
noun:  The Republican Guard of Guinea is the state organization of Guinea responsible for protection of government officials and buildings, and acts as a reserve force for the National Gendarmerie.
noun:  The Sudanese Republican Guard is a military unit of the Sudanese Armed Forces responsible for protecting the President of Sudan.
noun:  The Djiboutian Republican Guard, is a section of the Djiboutian Armed Forces that provides security missions for the highest Djiboutian state authorities and the public.
noun:  The Republican Guard (or GR),https://reliefweb.int/report/central-african-republic/bulletin-dinformation-humanitaire-r%C3%A9publique-centrafricaine-rca-23 also called the Presidential Guard (or PR),https://www-africaintelligence-fr.translate.goog/afrique-centrale/2023/02/06/la-garde-presidentielle-se-replie-sur-les-proches-de-touadera,109909845-bre?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc is nominally part of the Central African Armed Forces but is directly subordinated to the President of the Central African Republic, for whom it provides security.


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