guards

[guard]

A person who protects something is called a guard. You might see a security guard at the mall, a crossing guard on the street outside a school, or a palace guard at Buckingham Palace.

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A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards."


n. pl.
A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards."


Guards

Guards (g&aum;rdz), n. pl. A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards."

A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards."

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Usage Examples

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age but, if so, it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that guards the door, and this dragon is religion.

No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal.

My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry.

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Other Usage Examples

We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed.

I never let anyone pluck, including myself, unless my mom approves. She guards my eyebrows. She's like the eyebrow police!

So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders.

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