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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : gahrd
Phonetic Transcription : gɑrd

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Définition of guard

Origin :
  • early 15c., "one who keeps watch," from Middle French garde "guardian, warden, keeper; watching, keeping, custody," from Old French garder "to keep, maintain, preserve, protect" (corresponding to Old North French warder, see gu-), from Frankish *wardon, from Proto-Germanic *wardo- "to guard" (see ward (v.)). Abstract or collective sense of "a keeping, a custody" (as in bodyguard) also is from early 15c. Sword-play and fisticuffs sense is from 1590s. Guard-rail attested from 1860.
  • noun protector
  • noun defense
  • verb protect, watch
Example sentences :
  • Why should I guard it longer for him who may wed her, and whom I may never behold?
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Oh, Colonel, help me to guard against so dreadful a calamity.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Do be on your guard—'if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.'
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • What if he should get into a train without a ticket, or send a guard to procure one for him?
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • Dorcas had heard the guard explaining to visitors in the Aztec room.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • There are some dangers, however, against which we must be on our guard.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • The barons gained some tidings of his proceedings, and were on their guard.
  • Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • A certain ease had crept into their relations: a guard had been lowered.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • After this she would be on her guard, forestall Martin, do tenderly what he would do harshly.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • But Theseus by this time had leaped up, and caught the monster off his guard.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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