Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

border guard

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.41 in modern English

Syllables: bor-der -guard
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders.

noun

A person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states.

Inflected Forms

border guards (plural)

Questions

What does border guard mean?: A national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders.

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