guardsman
guardsman
Definition
guards·man (gärdz′mən)
noun pl. -·men-mən
- a member of any military body called a “guard”
- ☆ any member of a National Guard
guardsman
Synonyms
guardsman
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- kill: In the same city, a roadside bomb kills three Iraqi Guardsmen.
- see: From the edge of the press, they saw some half dozen guardsmen, fists flying.
- order: Player characters members of Parlement or Royal Governors may order guardsmen to one location each week to make an arrest.
Adjective modifier
- Iraqi: In the same city, a roadside bomb kills three Iraqi Guardsmen.
- national: Although the targets of such bombs are usually police or national guardsmen, civilians are frequently victims.
- Welsh: The Colonel of the Regiment and 40 Welsh Guardsmen will line the path to the new Merchant Navy Falklands Memorial.
- naked: As he entered into his golden years, King Gustavus V supposedly liked to spend time lying between two naked guardsmen.
- few: I was surprised to see quite a few Guardsmen among them.
- other: She can be gruff and unforgiving but she likes a drink and a game of dice with other guardsmen.
Noun used with modifier
- city: Emerging from the shadows a city guardsman raised a lantern and stared at Trimus and the others.
guardsman Quotes
Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter onlyas a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.
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