guardsman
noun
guards·man
ˈgärdz-mən 
Examples of guardsman in a Sentence
Guardsmen were deployed to the region.
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The Border Patrol official spoke to the guardsman through a closed gate and was denied entry to the park, the solicitor general wrote.
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Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
Dastmalchian played Thomas Schiff, a paranoid schizophrenic and former Arkham Asylum inmate that Heath Ledger’s The Joker disguised as his fellow honor guardsman during their infiltration of Commissioner Loeb’s funeral procession.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2024
State officials said that the guardsmen would be deployed throughout the system over the course of about a week.
—Ana Ley, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Princess Kate even met Oliver, a mannequin sporting a guardsman uniform and traditional bearskin hat.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
Jack Teixeira, the former Air National guardsman charged with leaking classified military documents online, is expected to plead guilty in the case.
—Ryan Lucas, NPR, 29 Feb. 2024
Camilo Montoya-Galvez The migrants' pleas, and the cries of children, quickly drowned out instructions from the guardsmen armed with rifles.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2023
Shortly after the June 22, 1955, rescue, two of the guardsmen, MSgt.
—Mark Thiessen, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023
Instead, the staff sergeant sent Texas guardsmen to investigate, Danley wrote.
—Holly Yan, CNN, 27 Jan. 2024
Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
Dastmalchian played Thomas Schiff, a paranoid schizophrenic and former Arkham Asylum inmate that Heath Ledger’s The Joker disguised as his fellow honor guardsman during their infiltration of Commissioner Loeb’s funeral procession.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2024
State officials said that the guardsmen would be deployed throughout the system over the course of about a week.
—Ana Ley, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Princess Kate even met Oliver, a mannequin sporting a guardsman uniform and traditional bearskin hat.
—Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
Jack Teixeira, the former Air National guardsman charged with leaking classified military documents online, is expected to plead guilty in the case.
—Ryan Lucas, NPR, 29 Feb. 2024
Camilo Montoya-Galvez The migrants' pleas, and the cries of children, quickly drowned out instructions from the guardsmen armed with rifles.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2023
Shortly after the June 22, 1955, rescue, two of the guardsmen, MSgt.
—Mark Thiessen, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023
Instead, the staff sergeant sent Texas guardsmen to investigate, Danley wrote.
—Holly Yan, CNN, 27 Jan. 2024
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1648, in the meaning defined above
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guardsman
noun
guards·man
ˈgärdz-mən
: a member of a national guard, coast guard, or similar military body
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