guardsman

English

Etymology

From guard +‎ -s- +‎ -man.

Pronunciation

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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. (British) 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)
• Ingrian: vahti, storoža
• Japanese: 衛兵 (ja) (えいへい, eihei)
• Kazakh: сақшы (saqşy)
• 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
• Kazakh: гвардияшы (gvardiäşy)
• 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