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en garde (än gȧrd′)

  1. on guard: a direction to fencers
  2. the opening position from which one may either attack or defend

Etymology: Fr

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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