A company of watchmen or guards. Cf. guard, n. 9. Now rare.
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > body of (9) wardc1000 A company of watchmen or guards. Cf. guard, n. 9. Now rare. watchc1380 A sentinel; also, the body of soldiers constituting the guard of a camp, town, gate of a town, etc. ? Obsolete exc. Historical. guarda1513 A body of persons, esp. soldiers (†also occasionally ships) engaged to preserve a person or place from injury or attack, to act as an escort, or… scout-watch1523 A body of men told off for the purposes of watching and keeping guard. satellitium1616 A body of guards or sentinels. Obsolete. vigilance1667 A guard or watch. Obsolete. rare. wait1704 collective. A body of guards. Obsolete. picket1847 figurative and in extended use. Now rare. honour guard1851 a body of members of a uniformed service appointed to receive or guard a head of state or other dignitary, or to attend at state ceremonials, esp… |
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