Guard
//ɡɑːd//
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Proper Noun
The word "guard" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.
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Civil Guard Home Guard Horse Guard Iron Guard Scotchgard advance guard advance-guard after-guard afterguard armguard ass guard avant-guard axle guard blackguard bodyguard border guard bow guard bow-guard bowguard breath guard car guard castle-guard cattle guard cattle-guard cattleguard chain guard chainguard changing of the guard cheek guard chestguard chin guard chinguard coast guard coastguard color guard colour guard corporal's guard counterguard crossguard crossing guard drop one's guard enguard faceguard fingerguard fire guard fireguard footguard foreguard foreguard fox guarding the henhouse gate guard grand guard grand-guard grille guard guard against guard band guard book guard cell guard dog guard hair guard lock guard mounting guard of honor guard of honour guard of vambrace guard one's tongue guard post guard rail guard ship guard station guard stone guard-dog guardable guardage guardee guardess guardfish guardful guardhouse guardian guarding post guardingly guardless guardlike guardline guardpost guardrail guardroom guardship guardsman guardswoman gutter guard handguard hatguard have one's guard up header guard headguard honor guard honour guard horse guard wasp include guard keep one's guard up keyguard knee guard land guard landguard let one's guard down lifeguard lower one's guard macro guard main guard merguard middle guard molly-guard money-guard mouth guard mouthguard mudguard neck guard neck-guard new guard nightguard nipple guard nonguard nose guard occlusal guard off guard off one's guard off-guard offensive guard old guard on guard on one's guard outguard pickguard pike-guard point guard pole-guard prison guard prisonguard rashguard rat guard rear guard rear-guard rearguard red guard retroguard run the guard safe-guard safeguard security guard shinguard shooting guard skirt guard sneeze guard sneezeguard snow guard spit guard splashguard stack-guard stand guard tape guard tard guard trigger guard underguard unguard vanguard watchguard waterguard wire-guard without welt or guard wolf guarding the sheep wristguard yeoman of the guard
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access against agent align area armed armed man armed person armed sentry armed watcher art at palace authority bank bank protector bank security basket basketball basketball position batsman beef beef eater bind block blocking boolean branch british british soldier building building protector car center correction correction officer corrections corrections officer danger dangerous defend defending defending person defense defensive defensive person doors duty eater employee enclose evaluate execution expression farther football football position forward front front doors garda gate gird gun guy guy uniform himself hired hired protection home home protector important important people in jail in prison jail job keeper king lineman linemen machine man mark money national national police national protect night night watchman occupation offensive offensive lineman offensive linemen offensive tackle officer over palace panel part patrol people person places places protected player police police officer policeman popping crease position position basketball posted posted watch prison prison authority prison guy prison officer prison something prison watcher prison worker prisons private private policeman program protect protect against protect money protected protecting protecting person protecting something protecting stuff protection protection duty protection job protection person protector protector person protectors protectors queen protects protects king queen queen protection queen watcher queens relatively right royal royal palace royal protection secure security security agent security employee security guy security job security man security people security person sentinel sentry shooting shooting position shops short soldier soldier person squad stuff take guard train true uniform uniformed uniformed person watch watch over watcher watches watchman weapon wheel wicket worker
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.