guard
/ɡɑɹd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.73 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
noun
A garda; a police officer.
noun
noun
noun
A watchchain.
Example Sentences
- "The prison guard unlocked the door of the cell. After completing the repairs, he replaced the sump guard."
- "border guard, prison guard, security guard"
- "Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes."
- "The Garda Regulations 1924 required a candidate for appointment as a guard to be able to produce satisfactory references as to his character"
- "The president inspected the guard of honour."
- "Holonym: hilt"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wer- Proto-Indo-European *wor-tús Proto-Germanic *warduz Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-Germanic *wardō Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-Germanic *wardāną Frankish *wardēnbor. Early Medieval Latin wardō Old French guarder Old French guardebor. Middle English garde English guard From Middle English garde, from early Middle French or late Old French guarde (“a guardian, warden, keeper”) (whence modern French garde), from the verb guarder. Doublet of garda, which is from Irish.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡɑɹd/
- British English: /ɡɑːd/