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Definition of "guard" []
- To protect from harm by or as if by watching over: guard a bank; guarding the President. See Synonyms at defend. (verb-transitive)
- To watch over so as to prevent escape or violence: guarded the prisoner. (verb-transitive)
- Sports To keep (an opposing player) from scoring or playing efficiently. (verb-transitive)
- To maintain control over, as to prevent indiscretion: Guard what you say. (verb-transitive)
- To supervise entry or exit through; keep watch at: guarded the door. (verb-transitive)
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Use "guard" in a sentence
- "_ H. - So. supposes hēafod-weard, _a guard of honor_, such as sovereigns or presumptive rulers had, to be meant by hafalan hȳdan; hence, _you need not give me any guard_, etc.Cf. Schmid, _Gesetze der A. _, 370-372. l."
- "_ H. - So. supposes heáfod-weard, _a guard of honor_, such as sovereigns or presumptive rulers had, to be meant by hafalan hýdan; hence, _you need not give me any guard_, etc.Cf. Schmid, _Gesetze der A. _, 370-372. l."
- "The Strel'tsy were divided in three establishments: a) the grooms [Stremiannye], who represented the guard of the sovereign [Strasza Gossudaria], b) the Moscow Strel'tsy, c) the frontier Strel'tsy, or frontier guard ."