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guard post

guard post noun: a location where a guard is posted (station), often having a guardhouse.

Noun

guard post (plural guard posts)

  1. A location where a guard is posted (station), often having a guardhouse.
    • In 1938 my husband and I were sent by the old regimental district branch to a guard post called Boli on the border between Manchuria and the Soviet Union.1986, Chiharu Kōno, “Women in Flight”, in Richard L. Gage, transl., Women Against War: Personal Accounts of Forty Japanese Women, Kodansha International, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 26

Forms of guard post

pluralguard posts

Origin of guard post

From guard + post.

Questions about guard post

What does guard post mean?
Guard post means a location where a guard is posted (station), often having a guardhouse.
What part of speech is guard post?
Guard post is a noun.
What is the plural of guard post?
The plural of guard post is guard posts.

Words near guard post in the dictionary

  1. guard mountings
  2. guard of honor
  3. guard of honour
  4. guard of vambrace
  5. guard one's tongue
  6. guard post
  7. guard posts
  8. guard rail
  9. guard rails
  10. guard ship
  11. guard ships

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