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

duty period

watchout

lookout man

minister of justice

military policeman

sentry duty

sentry go

child custody

leg pad

mund

fautor

body-guard

guard duty

work shift

veilleur de nuit

dispositif de protection

tuteur légal

droit de garde

officier de la garde

soldat de la garde

homme de garde

protecteur isolant

warder

conservateure

guardien

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.