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main guards

main guards is the plural of main guard.

Meaning of main guard

Noun

main guard (plural main guards)

  1. A body of troops comprising the chief guard units, especially a unit of cavalry on the wing of a camp towards the enemy, or a group of soldiers in a fortress responsible for dealing with disturbers of the peace.
  2. The keep of a castle; a guardhouse or building in a fortress where such a body of troops is lodged.
    • [A]fter an obstinate engagement, in which divers wounds were given and received, every soul of them was taken, and conveyed to the main-guard, where the commanding officer […] set them all at liberty […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

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Main guards is the plural of main guard.

Words near main guards in the dictionary

  1. main group
  2. main group element
  3. main group elements
  4. main groups
  5. main guard
  6. main guards
  7. main house
  8. main houses
  9. Main Lead
  10. main line
  11. main lines

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