guardsman

English

Etymology

From guard +‎ -s- +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

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Noun

guardsman (plural guardsmen)

A guardsman.

A person, especially a soldier, who is on guard.
(US) A member of the National Guard.
(British) A member of a Guards regiment.

Related terms

Translations

a soldier on guard

Arabic: حَارِس m (ḥāris)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 衛兵／卫兵 (zh) (wèibīng)
Finnish: kaartilainen
German: Wärter (de) m, Gardist (de) m
Hindi: सन्तरी (hi) m (santarī)
Ingrian: vahti, storoža
Japanese: 衛兵 (ja) (えいへい, eihei)
Kazakh: сақшы (saqşy)
Korean: 위병 (ko) (wibyeong)
Macedonian: стра́жар m (strážar), обезбе́дувач m (obezbéduvač)
Polish: gwardzista (pl) m
Russian: часово́й (ru) m (časovój), карау́льный (ru) m (karaúlʹnyj), охра́нник (ru) m (oxránnik), страж (ru) m (straž)

a member of the National Guard

Finnish: kaartilainen
German: Gardist (de) m
Macedonian: гарди́ст m (gardíst)
Polish: gwardzista (pl) m
Russian: гварде́ец (ru) m (gvardéjec)

a member of a Guards regiment

Finnish: kaartilainen
German: Gardist (de) m
Kazakh: гвардияшы (gvardiäşy)
Macedonian: гарди́ст m (gardíst)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gardist m

Nynorsk: gardist m
Polish: gwardzista (pl) m
Russian: гварде́ец (ru) (gvardéjec)
Swedish: gardist (sv) c

Further reading

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