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gentleman-at-arms

(-at ärmz′)

any of a corps of men of rank, traditionally forty, who accompany the British sovereign as a military guard on important occasions

See gentleman-at-arms in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. gen·tle·men-at-arms (-mən-)

One of a military corps of 40 gentlemen who attend the British sovereign as a ceremonial guard on state occasions.

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