guardsman

English

Etymology

From guard +‎ -s- +‎ -man.

Noun

guardsman (plural guardsmen)

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

Related terms

• lifeguardsman

Translations

a soldier on guard

• Finnish: kaartilainen
• German: Wärter (de) m, Gardist (de) m
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• 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
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• Russian: гварде́ец (ru) m (gvardéjec)

a member of a Guards regiment

• Finnish: kaartilainen
• German: Gardist (de) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gardist m

  Nynorsk: gardist m

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• Russian: гварде́ец (ru) (gvardéjec)

Further reading

• guardsman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia