Definition of guard

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Guard (n.) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for..

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Ward :: Ward (n.) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery..
Watchman :: Watchman (n.) One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
Screamer :: Screamer (n.) Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family Anhimidae, and the suborder Palamedeae. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta..
Wardsman :: Wardsman (n.) A man who keeps ward; a guard.
Conservation :: Conservation (n.) The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation..
Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol..
Duenna :: Duenna (n.) Any old woman who is employed to guard a younger one; a governess.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night..
Safe-conduct :: Safe-conduct (n.) a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign countr.
Ravishment :: Ravishment (n.) The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband..
Watch :: Watch (v. t.) To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.
Guardant :: Guardant (n.) A guardian.
Tent :: Tent (v. t.) To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder..
Guarded :: Guarded (a.) Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded..
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night..
Vigilance :: Vigilance (n.) Guard; watch.
Doorkeeper :: Doorkeeper (n.) One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.
Tutelary :: Tutelary (a.) Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary goddesses..
Bivouac :: Bivouac (v. i.) To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army..
Guardful :: Guardful (a.) Cautions; wary; watchful.
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