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guardroom

[ gahrd-room, -room ]

noun

  1. a room used by military guards during the period they are on duty.
  2. a room in which military prisoners are kept.


guardroom

/ ˈɡɑːdˌruːm; -ˌrʊm /

noun

  1. a room used by guards
  2. a room in which prisoners are confined under guard
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of guardroom1

First recorded in 1755–65; guard + room
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Example Sentences

No servant of the chateau was allowed past the door of the outer anteroom, now commonly spoken of as the guardroom of the tower.

I was lounging around the guardroom one day when the Sergeant asked me to take some papers to the Orderly Sergeant upstairs.

The corporal marched his troopers from the guardroom toward the stables.

In the guardroom the troopers of the Royal Horse who were not on guard were stretched in slumber.

The guardroom was vacant; but there were arms there and ammunition.

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