Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A body of cavalry for guards. See
guard . - [capitalized] The public office in Whitehall. London, appropriated to the departments under the commander-in-chief of the British army: so called from the two horsemen standing sentry at the gates.
- [capitalized] The military authorities in charge of the war department of Great Britain, in distinction from the civil chief, the Secretary for War.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Mil.) A body of cavalry so called; esp., a British regiment, called the Royal Horse Guards, which furnishes guards of state for the sovereign.
- a name given to the former headquarters of the commander in chief of the British army, at Whitehall in London.
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Examples
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Guards (usually called the Horse Guards) mounting guard there.
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Child's Suttling House at the Horse Guards is the almost exclusive resort of military men, who, availing themselves of the intervals between duty, drop in to enjoy a pipe and pint.
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"We shall find there," said Mr. George, "the palace of the queen; and the houses of Parliament, where the lords and commons assemble to make laws for the empire; and the Horse Guards, which is a great edifice that serves as head quarters for the British army; and the Admiralty, which is the head quarters of the navy; and the private palaces of the nobles; and the parks and pleasure grounds that connect and surround them."
Rollo in London Jacob Abbott 1841
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I had spent the day keeping out of Paget's way at the Horse Guards, and chatting part of the time, I remember, with Colonel Colt, the American gun expert, who was there to give evidence before the select committee on firearms. 6 (I ought to remember our conversation, but I don't, so it was probably damned dull and technical.)
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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Then I took him the rounds, of clubs, and the Horse Guards, and the Park, presented him to anyone of consequence whom I felt it might be useful to toady - and, by George, I had no shortage of friends and fawners when the word got about who he was.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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He was always inflicting monstrosities of his own creation on the troops, which Horse Guards had to tell him tactfully were not quite what was needed.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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Let me once be installed there, in a comfortable office off Horse Guards, which I might well visit as often as once a fortnight, and Mars could go whistle for me.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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Kent also designed the delightful Horse Guards building in Whitehall and was one of those who worked on Burlington House itself.
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Meanwhile, Gordon was arrested at sword point by one General Conway, and the rioters fled, informed that the Horse Guards were on their way to drive the people back with sabres.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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Meanwhile, Gordon was arrested at sword point by one General Conway, and the rioters fled, informed that the Horse Guards were on their way to drive the people back with sabres.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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