Life Guardsman

See also: lifeguardsman

English

Alternative forms

• lifeguardsman, life-guardsman

Etymology

From Life Guards +‎ -man.

Noun

Life Guardsman (plural Life Guardsmen)

1. (now chiefly historical) A soldier who is a member of the Life Guards. [from 18th c.]
   • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 299:

     ‘So, Sir, you may quarter two life-guardsmen upon him […] .’