guard duty

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noun

a military assignment involving watching over or protecting a person or place or supervising prisoners.

Origin of guard duty

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby guard duty

Guardafui, guardant, guard band, guard cell, guard dog, guard duty, guarded, guardee, guard hair, guardhouse, guardhouse lawyer

Example sentences from the Web for guard duty

The guard-duty was every third day; we had to stand two hours, and off four, rain or shine.
The Empty Sleeve|Henry H. Meacham
One pay-day, when the half of our company was on guard-duty, he for once came back too late.
In the Foreign Legion|Erwin Rosen
Read up the manual of guard-duty for all you're worth before guard-mount to-morrow morning.
Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks|H. Irving Hancock
But it happened that Ildiger and his men were keeping guard at that time; for all were assigned by turns to guard-duty.
Procopius|Procopius

The Federal soldier seated on the sand-bags is on guard-duty to prevent camp-followers from looting the vacant fort.
The Civil War Through the Camera|Henry W. (Henry William) Elson

单词	guard duty
释义	guard duty SEE SYNONYMS FOR guard duty ON THESAURUS.COM noun a military assignment involving watching over or protecting a person or place or supervising prisoners. Origin of guard duty First recorded in 1890–95 Words nearby guard duty Guardafui, guardant, guard band, guard cell, guard dog, guard duty, guarded, guardee, guard hair, guardhouse, guardhouse lawyer Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for guard duty The guard-duty was every third day; we had to stand two hours, and off four, rain or shine. The Empty Sleeve\|Henry H. Meacham One pay-day, when the half of our company was on guard-duty, he for once came back too late. In the Foreign Legion\|Erwin Rosen Read up the manual of guard-duty for all you're worth before guard-mount to-morrow morning. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks\|H. Irving Hancock But it happened that Ildiger and his men were keeping guard at that time; for all were assigned by turns to guard-duty. Procopius\|Procopius The Federal soldier seated on the sand-bags is on guard-duty to prevent camp-followers from looting the vacant fort. The Civil War Through the Camera\|Henry W. (Henry William) Elson Words related to guard duty guard, weather eye, guardedness
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guard duty

noun

Origin of guard duty

Words nearby guard duty

Example sentences from the Web for guard duty

Words related to guard duty