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guard ships

guard ships is the plural of guard ship.

Meaning of guard ship

Noun

guard ship (plural guard ships)

  1. A warship stationed at a port etc. to act as a guard.
    • He was pronounced guilty, and sentenced to confinement on board a guard ship, and in forty days to be sent with his family to England.1832, William Allen, An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary, page 209

Questions about guard ships

What is guard ships the plural of?
Guard ships is the plural of guard ship.

Words near guard ships in the dictionary

  1. guard post
  2. guard posts
  3. guard rail
  4. guard rails
  5. guard ship
  6. guard ships
  7. guard station
  8. guard stations
  9. guard stone
  10. guard stones
  11. guard's van

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