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- noun plural A body of picked troops
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- noun Plural form of
guard .
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Examples
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Little innocent children played about in the cabin, and would run to the guards -- the _guards_ of an American steam-boat are an extension of the deck on each side, beyond the paddle boxes, which gives great width for stowage -- now and then, to wonder, in infantine language, at the next boat, or the water, or something else that drew their attention.
Diary in America, Series Two Frederick Marryat 1820
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This cutter is supported on what he terms guards, which are attached to the front edge of the platform or cutter-bar (as termed by Hussey), one every three inches the whole width of the machine, projecting horizontally in front about six or eight inches.
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A mediocre group of guards is topped by Oklahoma's massive Duke Robinson.
Peak performers: O-line likely to produce bumper draft class again 2009
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What it does is, it puts more pressure on your main guards, John and Kirk.
Wizards preparing for Orlando without injured Gilbert Arenas Michael Lee 2010
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You come to believe that no number of border control guards is going to stop someone like that.
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Have you ever noticed the resemblance between fat people and the Gamorrean guards from the Star Wars movies?
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He was armed with the weapons of the slain guards — a live arsenal that fled through the hills pursued by the organised might of society.
The Sleeping Wolf 2010
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In a racing game do I care what color my shin guards are?
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It was, however, interesting to see the tactics used by the guards from the point of view of Max, himself an expert in breaking the human spirit.
REVIEW: The Year's Best Science Fiction #26 edited by Gardner Dozois 2009
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Senior Monica Gibbs, one of the nation's top rebounding guards, is the Roadrunners 'driving force on offense and defense.
Raleigh: Maryland gets No. 1 seed after taking ACC crown 2009
chained_bear commented on the word guards
Captured at Yorktown, "2 regiments artillery, 2 of guards, 2 of light-infantry, 7 of foot ("regiments of foot" were infantry)," which were enumerated separately from those German-speaking troops that served with the British:
2 regiments Anspachers (from the principality of Anspach-Bayreuth in what is now Germany)
the "Hereditary Prince's regiment of horse," a.k.a. the Prince Hereditaire Regiment, and the Erbprinz regiment. Many of these troops were from Hesse-Kassel, which led Americans to refer erroneously to all German speakers who fought with the British as "Hessians"
and 9 companies of "Yagers," a.k.a. Jägers or Jaegers. This regiment, also from Hesse-Kassel, was formed of expert riflemen who were recruited from among game keepers and foresters. The Jäger unit at Yorktown was commanded by Captain Johann Ewald, who left a memoir of his experiences.
October 29, 2007
GHibbs commented on the word guards
It is also the 3rd person singular of the verb 'to guard'.
September 5, 2011