Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foreguard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fore-guard
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To guard beforehand.

Transitive verb

verb

To guard in front.

Transitive verb

noun

A forward guard, or guard placed out front.

Example Sentences

"The surviving quillon is recurved horizontally and terminates in a small knob, but has adjacent to it a loop-shaped foreguard almost exactly like that on the Montagu sword."
""[...] Rear guard to river-side, river to foreguard, foreguard to land-side, land-side to rear.""

Etymology

From fore- + guard.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: fore

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

foreguards (present, singular) foreguarding (participle, present) foreguarded (participle, past) foreguarded (past) foreguards (plural)

Questions

What does foreguard mean?: To guard beforehand.
Where does foreguard come from?: From fore- + guard.

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