guardsman

guardsman

English

Etymology

From guard +‎ -s- +‎ -man.

Noun

guardsman (plural guardsmen)

A guardsman.

1. A person, especially a soldier, who is on guard.
2. (US) A member of the National Guard.
3. (Britain) A member of a Guards regiment.

Related terms

• guardswoman
• lifeguardsman

Translations

a soldier on guard

Arabic: حَارِس‎ m (ḥāris) Chinese: Mandarin: 衛兵／卫兵 (zh) (wèibīng) Finnish: kaartilainen German: Wärter (de) m, Gardist (de) m Hindi: सन्तरी (hi) m (santarī) Japanese: 衛兵 (ja) (えいへい, eihei) Korean: 위병 (ko) (wibyeong) Macedonian: стра́жар m (strážar), обезбе́дувач m (obezbéduvač) Polish: gwardzista (pl) m Russian: часово́й (ru) m (časovój), карау́льный (ru) m (karaúlʹnyj), охра́нник (ru) m (oxránnik), страж (ru) m (straž)

a member of the National Guard

Finnish: kaartilainen German: Gardist (de) m Macedonian: гарди́ст m (gardíst) Polish: gwardzista (pl) m Russian: гварде́ец (ru) m (gvardéjec)

a member of a Guards regiment

Finnish: kaartilainen German: Gardist (de) m Macedonian: гарди́ст m (gardíst) Norwegian: Bokmål: gardist m Nynorsk: gardist m Polish: gwardzista (pl) m Russian: гварде́ец (ru) (gvardéjec) Swedish: gardist (sv) c

Further reading

• guardsman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia