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guardsman

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for guardsman.

Editorial note

A government ordered death is the same no matter if the shooter is a soldier or a national guardsman.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A person, especially a soldier, who is on guard.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of guardsman gathered in one view.

noun

A person, especially a soldier, who is on guard.

noun

(US) A member of the National Guard.

noun

(British) A member of a Guards regiment.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for guardsman.

noun

A person, especially a soldier, who is on guard.

noun

(US) A member of the National Guard.

noun

(British) A member of a Guards regiment.

Example sentences

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A government ordered death is the same no matter if the shooter is a soldier or a national guardsman.

2

And the girl trying to give a guardsman flowers getting a direct hit from a flash bang in return?

3

Gun smuggling is not the kind of crime that national guardsman standing around looking menacing stops.

4

It led me to the Wikipedia entry for the namesake Coast Guardsman himself, Oliver Henry.

5

It’s that the government indicted five guardsman at the times, but couldn’t secure convictions.

6

My oldest has come home terrified because he turned a corner while playing outside and physically bumped in a guardsman carry a rifle.

7

But I don't see how an inactive or active-for-training guardsman could have a need to access that much information.

8

The national guardsman who leaked classified Ukraine intelligence seemingly for internet cred?

9

A few guardsman stood down but most did not.

10

Due to his his pre-service work as an auto mechanic, he was the first Coast Guardsman to transfer from the mess steward rating to a motor machinist mate.

11

Perhaps they're a national guardsman, for example?

12

I believe what GP is referring to is the Air Force National Guardsman who's going to jail for leaking classified intelligence on a discord server to prove he was right.

Quote examples

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The second one was a titled "A National Guardsman standing watch in Del Rio".

2

There is a video if a guardsman bragging about something to the effect 'hoping he doesn't have to smoke someone coming around a corner." As it turns out when you send a force trained only to kill and subjugate, that's what they do.

3

Also remember that the commands that cripple a pipeline or ransomware hospitals are just "word output." A US Guardsman will be spending many years inside military prison for "outputting words" in the wrong place, and nobody thinks that is inappropriate for the potential amount of consequential harm.

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And every soldier that is represented in this museum, every sailor, airman, Marine, Coast Guardsman, each of us will protect and defend that document, regardless of personal price," Milley said during remarks at the opening of the US Army's museum.

Proper noun examples

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However, I do think Snowden committed treason by doing what he did, and so did this National Guardsman.

2

In one case, the serviceman was defeated by a former National Guardsman, the incumbent who had initiated two wars while in office.

3

Works fine for a tank, but something like Imperial Guardsman, Sisters of Battle or a Necron Tomb Blade all have features that are too small for FDM.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use guardsman in a sentence?

A government ordered death is the same no matter if the shooter is a soldier or a national guardsman.

What does guardsman mean?

A person, especially a soldier, who is on guard.

What part of speech is guardsman?

guardsman is commonly used as noun.