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corporal's guard

corporal's guard noun: a small detachment of guards under the charge of a corporal.

Noun

corporal's guard

  1. A small detachment of guards under the charge of a corporal.
  2. (broadly) A very small number of people.
    • Our thousand did the Capitol little harm that a corporal’s guard of Biddies with mops and tubs could not repair in a forenoon’s campaign.1863, Theodore Winthrop, edited by G. W. Curtis, Life in the Open Air, and Other Papers, Washington as a Camp

Questions about corporal's guard

What does corporal's guard mean?
Corporal's guard means a small detachment of guards under the charge of a corporal.
What part of speech is corporal's guard?
Corporal's guard is a noun.

Words near corporal's guard in the dictionary

  1. Corporal Forbes
  2. corporal oath
  3. corporal oaths
  4. corporal punishment
  5. corporal punishments
  6. corporal's guard
  7. corporale
  8. corporales
  9. corporalities
  10. corporality
  11. corporally

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