gvardio

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Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ɡvarˈdio]
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: gvar‧di‧o

Noun[edit]

gvardio (accusative singular gvardion, plural gvardioj, accusative plural gvardiojn)

  1. guard (squad responsible for protecting something)
    • 1907, Kabe, chapter 21, in La Faraono, part 1, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:
      Kondukita al la memfisa haveno de la pastroj, plej altaj ŝtataj oficistoj, gvardio de lia sankteco kaj popolamasoj, la kronprinco Ramzes eniris en oritan barkon, ĉirkaŭ la deka horo matene.
      Brought to the port of Memphis by the priests, the highest state officials, his holiness's guard, and crowds of people, crown prince Ramses entered the gilded bark around ten o'clock in the morning.