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A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting an individual.
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A national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders.
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(chiefly historical) A civilian who follows an army, typically a family member of a soldier or someone who provides services to the soldiers, e.g. prostitution, sale of liquor, cooking and laundry.
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(usually preceded by the) A ceremony during which the soldiers or other officials guarding a major government building or state residence, especially Buckingham Palace in England, are replaced by a new shift.
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(military, in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
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(military, Scouting) A uniformed group, especially of soldiers, police officers, Scouts, or school representatives, who present their institution's flag (and sometimes other flags) on ceremonial occasions.
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(UK) Alternative form of color guard [(military, Scouting) A uniformed group, especially of soldiers, police officers, Scouts, or school representatives, who present their institution's flag (and sometimes other flags) on ceremonial occasions.]
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Rare spelling of colorbearer. [A soldier tasked with carrying the flag in battle.]
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A detachment such as would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty, etc.; hence, derisively, a very small number of people.
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Their station, a guardhouse.
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(obsolete) A group of people, especially an army or retinue.
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An officer of the Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
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Alternative spelling of field of honor [A battlefield; any place where a duel is fought.]
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(Ireland) A member of the national police force of the Republic of Ireland, the Gardaí.
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A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
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Alternative spelling of gendarmerie [A military body charged with police duties among the civilian population.]
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A member of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, a bodyguard to the British monarch, instituted in 1509 and now having only ceremonial duties.
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(Ireland) A garda; a police officer.
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A ceremony during which the soldiers or other officials guarding a major government building or state residence are replaced by a new shift.
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Alternative form of guard of honour [A group of people (especially military), arranged in one or more rows, at a ceremony to honour, or a visit by, an important person]
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A group of people (especially military), arranged in one or more rows, at a ceremony to honour, or a visit by, an important person
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(historical) Synonym of Iron Guardist
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A defensive line of human guards, barriers, etc.
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A room used by soldiers when on guard.
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A warship stationed at a port etc. to act as a guard.
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A person, especially a soldier, who is on guard.
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A guardsman or guardswoman
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(military, historical) An armed citizen defence force supporting the British Army during the Second World War, in particular, defence against any invasion by enemy forces.
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Alternative form of honour guard [(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK) a ceremonial assembly of uniformed military personnel performing the duty of escort or exhibition, i.e. accompany a casket during a funeral procession.]
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(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK) a ceremonial assembly of uniformed military personnel performing the duty of escort or exhibition, i.e. accompany a casket during a funeral procession.
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(historical) A member of the Iron Guard.
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(Ghana) A vigilante who perpetrates assault and vandalism against land developers and their projects.
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(UK, historical) A division of customs stationed along the coast in an attempt to prevent smuggling.
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A regiment of the British army (part of the Household Cavalry).
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(now chiefly historical) A soldier who is a member of the Life Guards.
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Alternative form of Life Guardsman [(now chiefly historical) A soldier who is a member of the Life Guards.]
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(military) A body of troops comprising the chief guard units, especially a unit of cavalry on the wing of a camp towards the enemy, or a group of soldiers in a fortress responsible for dealing with disturbers of the peace.
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(figuratively) Any band of men, especially armed or hostile.
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A member of any of several organizations known as Red Guards or Red Guard.
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Alternative form of Red Shirt (“follower of Garibaldi”) [A member of the UDD (National United Front for Democracy), supporters of Prime Minister Shinawatra, (and subsequently Abhisit Vejajiva) in the conflict in Thailand after the 2006 coup d'etat.]
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A reserve force in the Turkish army, or a soldier of the reserve.
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Obsolete spelling of soldier [A member of a ground-based army, of any rank.]
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One of the Swiss soldiers who have served as guards at foreign European courts since the late 15th century.
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(UK, historical) A customs inspector ranking above the tide waiters.
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Alternative form of tide waiter [(UK, historical) A customs inspector at a seaport who oversees the landing of goods from merchant vessels in order to secure payment of duties.]
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(Commonwealth) To perform the traditional military ceremony of having ensigns slowly march with their colours (flags) between the ranks, to enable soldiers to recognise their regiments' colours.
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To work steadily at an unpleasant job without complaint.
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(military) One of a picked company of skirmishers in each regiment of the French infantry during the Napoleonic Wars.
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(UK, historical) A division of customs responsible for the control of people, vehicles and vessels arriving into and departing from the United Kingdom. It ceased to exist in 1972.
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A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense and later incorporated into the Territorial Army.
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