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Swiss Guard

American  

noun

  1. a member of a corps of bodyguards protecting the pope, with membership restricted to natives of Switzerland.

Swiss Guard British  

noun

  1. the bodyguard of the pope, recruited from Swiss nationals

  2. a member of this bodyguard

  3. one of a group of Swiss mercenaries who acted as bodyguards to the French kings: destroyed in the Revolution

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Etymology

Origin of Swiss Guard

First recorded in 1690–1700

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