| 单词 | royal horse guards |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRoyal Horse Guards b. plural. The cavalry brigade of the English Household troops; spec. the third regiment of this body, the Royal Horse Guards (formerly the Oxford Blues). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > cavalry > horse-guards horse guards1661 Oxford blues1766 1661 in Sir S. D. Scott Brit. Army (1880) 82 His Majestys Regiment of Horse Guards under the command of..Aubrey Earl of Oxford, was mustered this day [16 Febr.] in Tuthill Fields. 1707 J. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 22) ii. xiv. 183 Of the Troops of the Houshold: And first of the Horse-Guards. 1707 J. Chamberlayne List Govt. Officers in Angliæ Notitia (ed. 22) 559 First troop of Horse-guards..Second Troop of the Guards..Third Troop of the Guards. 1707 J. Chamberlayne List Govt. Officers in Angliæ Notitia (ed. 22) 560 Regiment of Royal Horse Guards. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Guard The Horse-Guards are distinguish'd by Troops: First, second, third, and fourth Troop of Horse-Guards. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xlix. 223 The Horse Guards came riding in among the crowd. < as lemmas |
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