Definition of guard

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Guard (v. t.) One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a conductor.

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Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies..
Curator :: Curator (n.) One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee; a guardian..
Flanker :: Flanker (n.) One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled..
Wariness :: Wariness (n.) The quality or state of being wary; care to foresee and guard against evil; cautiousness.
Prefect :: Prefect (n.) A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person..
Tutelage :: Tutelage (n.) The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage..
Guardian :: Guardian (v. t.) One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden..
Enguard :: Enguard (v. t.) To surround as with a guard.
Foot Guards :: Foot Guards (pl.) Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards.
Defensive :: Defensive (n.) That which defends; a safeguard.
Guardianless :: Guardianless (a.) Without a guardian.
Umbriere :: Umbriere (n.) In ancient armor, a visor, or projection like the peak of a cap, to which a face guard was sometimes attached. This was sometimes fixed, and sometimes moved freely upon the helmet and could be raised like the beaver. Called also umber, and umbril..
Pikestaff :: Pikestaff (n.) A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping..
Fortress :: Fortress (v. t.) To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify.
Blackguard :: Blackguard (n.) A person of stained or low character, esp. one who uses scurrilous language, or treats others with foul abuse; a scoundrel; a rough..
Escort :: Escort (n.) A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea..
Guarded :: Guarded (imp. & p. p.) of Guar.
Wardsman :: Wardsman (n.) A man who keeps ward; a guard.
Tutorship :: Tutorship (n.) The office, duty, or care of a tutor; guardianship; tutelage..
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