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A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards."

Care; protection. [Obs.] Swift.

One who guards; a guard.

Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards. [Eng.]

A body of cavalry so called; esp., a British regiment, called the Royal Horse Guards, which furnishes guards of state for the sovereign. The Horse Guards, a name given to the former headquarters of the commander in chief of the British army, at Whitehall in London.

for; to expect. See Expect. Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat, Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night. Milton.

ptain, relying on . . . the lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day, through all the guards. Arbuthnot.

One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.

o of silver, and four of copper. -- Gold stick, the colonel of a regiment of English lifeguards, who attends his sovereign on state occasions; -- so called from the gilt rod presented to him by the sovereign when he receives his commission as colonel of the regiment. [Eng.] -- Gold thread. (a) A thread formed by twist…

nt or corps; as, a grenadier of the guard of Napoleon I. one of the regiment of Grenadier Guards of the British army, etc.

tack; to protect by attendance; toaccompany for protection; to vare for. For Heaven still guards the right. Shak.

One who guards.

One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden.

ede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages. As Hesperus, that leads the sun his way. Fairfax. And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. Leigh Hunt.

The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.

A sentry who guards the entrance or approach to a place; an outguard.

A watchword given only to officers of guards; -- distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards.

To pitch or throw with, or as with, a pitchfork. He has been pitchforked into the footguards. G. A. Sala.

cised by, or belonging to, a pretor; as, pretorian power or authority. Pretorian bands or guards, or Pretorians (Rom. Hist.), the emperor's bodyguards, instituted by the Emperor Augustus in nine cohorts of 1,000 men each. -- Pretorian gate (Rom. Antiq.), that one of the four gates in a camp which lay next the enemy. B…

The first of the chief guards.