palace guard

noun

1. the security force protecting a palace.
2. a group of trusted advisers who often control access to a sovereign, president, or other chief executive.

Word History and Origins

Origin of palace guard¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

He travelled to Ramallah to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in a convoy of armoured SUVs and vans, speeding through streets cordoned off by soldiers from the Palestinian Palace Guard.

From BBC

A startling sign of this ferment was the defection in October of Gleb Karakulov, a member of Putin’s Kremlin palace guard known as the Federal Protective Service, or FSO.

From Washington Post

The voice performances are lively and evocative — Benedict Wong as the magician and Brian Tyree Henry as a palace guard are standouts — but the film is stuffed with too many characters for even TikTok-fed young viewers to keep straight.

From New York Times

Now, learning from advisers that the palace guard had deserted, he finally grasped the situation.

From Literature

Once, during a review of the palace guard, he hopped onto one of the gardeners’ bicycles.

From Literature