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guard posts

guard posts is the plural of guard post.

Meaning of guard post

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

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What is guard posts the plural of?
Guard posts is the plural of guard post.

Words near guard posts in the dictionary

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

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