garde

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Meaning

1. a watch, guard
2. a battalion responsible for guarding, defending a sovereign, a prince, more generally, of an elite corps.
3. sentry service performed by soldiers.
4. soldiers doing the sentry service
5. any person who performs regular service on a rotating basis.

guard

watch

custody

ward

keeping

sentinel

conservation

watchman

guardianship

security guard

guardian

charge

duty period

preservation

retention

storage

warden

care

keeper

guarding

caution

lookout

maintenance

marshal

protection

warder

safekeeping

watch over

shift

sentry

watcher

precaution

vigilance

watchout

spring

hilt

baby-minder

babysitter

minister of justice

body-guard

inspection

observation

surveillance

doorkeeper

deposit

chokidar

chowkidar

securer

guardsman

policeman

corps

watching over

military policeman

child custody

supervision

crossguard

guard duty

sentry duty

sentry go

hands

vigil

carefulness

cautiousness

lookout man

picket

scout

spotter

work shift

on watch

Guards

storing

caretaker

accountability

endpaper

leg pad

mund

advocate

attendant

boss

chief

defender

fautor

full-back

fullback

governor

groundsman

manciple

paladin

protector

retread

shielder

supporter

trustee

custodian

wicketkeeper

someone

watchmen

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡaʁd/

Inherited from Old French guarde, from the verb guarder (or less likely directly from Frankish *warda), from Frankish *wardōn (“to protect”). Compare Italian guardia, Spanish guarda. Cognate with English ward.