household troops
troops guarding or attending a sovereign or a sovereign's residence.
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How to use household troops in a sentence
He had begun life as an officer in the French household troops in absolute boyhood.
The Brigade of Guards—the infantry of the household troops—comprises the five regiments of foot-guards.
Being household troops these regiments are subject to certain special regulations and have certain privileges.
When the household troops advance from St. Petersburg it means that the army is on a war footing and is taking the field.
The Green Book | Mr JkaiRamses and Menna were left with only a few picked chariots of the household troops, and the whole Hittite army was coming on.
Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt | James Baikie
British Dictionary definitions for household troops
the infantry and cavalry regiments that carry out escort and guard duties for a head of state
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