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prison guards

prison guards is the plural of prison guard.

Meaning of prison guard

Noun

prison guard (plural prison guards)

  1. An armed person working to provide order, security, discipline, punishment, and prevent escapes of prisoners in a jail that answers to a warden.
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Questions about prison guards

What is prison guards the plural of?
Prison guards is the plural of prison guard.

Words near prison guards in the dictionary

  1. prison fever
  2. prison flower
  3. prison flowers
  4. prison gay
  5. prison guard
  6. prison guards
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  8. prison house
  9. prison houses
  10. prison justice
  11. prison labor

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