Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

guardsman

American  
[gahrdz-muhn] / ˈgɑrdz mən /

noun

plural

guardsmen

  1. a person who acts as a guard.

  2. a member of the U.S. National Guard.

  3. British. a member of any select body of troops traditionally organized to protect the person of the sovereign.

guardsman British  
/ ˈɡɑːdzmən /

noun

  1. (in Britain) a member of a Guards battalion or regiment

  2. (in the US) a member of the National Guard

  3. a 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

Etymology

Origin of guardsman

1810–20; guard + -s 3 or 's 1 + -man

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.