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corps de garde

corps de garde noun: a body of soldiers stationed on guard.

Noun

corps de garde (plural corps de garde)

  1. A body of soldiers stationed on guard.
  2. Their station, a guardhouse.

Forms of corps de garde

pluralcorps de garde

Origin of corps de garde

Borrowed from French corps de garde.

Questions about corps de garde

What does corps de garde mean?
Corps de garde means a body of soldiers stationed on guard.
What part of speech is corps de garde?
Corps de garde is a noun.
What is the plural of corps de garde?
The plural of corps de garde is corps de garde.

Words near corps de garde in the dictionary

  1. Corprew
  2. Corprews
  3. corps
  4. corps d'armée
  5. corps de ballet
  6. corps de garde
  7. corps de logis
  8. corps-a-corps
  9. corps.
  10. corpse
  11. corpse camp

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