guardsman

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English guard

English -s-

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-Germanic *mann-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Old English mann

Middle English man

Middle English -man

English -man

English guardsman

From guard + -s- + -man.

Pronunciation

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Noun

guardsman (plural guardsmen)

A guardsman.

1. A person, especially a soldier, who is on guard; especially, a masculine one.

   Synonym: watchman

   Near-synonyms: guard, watcher; guardswoman, watchwoman

2. A member of the Guards or of the Guard (in any sense thereof); especially, a masculine one.
   1. (US) A member of the National Guard; especially, a masculine one.

      Near-synonym: guardswoman

   2. (UK) A member of a Guards regiment; especially, a masculine one.

      Near-synonym: guardswoman

Related terms

• lifeguardsman

Translations

a soldier on guard

• Arabic: حَارِس m (ḥāris)
• Belarusian: вартавы́ m (vartavý), вартаўні́к m (vartawník), ахо́ўнік m (axównik), карау́льны m (karaúlʹny), страж m (straž), стра́жнік m (strážnik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 衛兵 / 卫兵 (zh) (wèibīng)

• Finnish: kaartilainen
• German: Wärter (de) m, Gardist (de) m
• Hindi: सन्तरी (hi) m (santarī)
• Ingrian: vahti, storoža
• Japanese: 衛兵 (ja) (えいへい, eihei)
• Kazakh: сақшы (saqšı)
• Korean: 위병(衛兵) (ko) (wibyeong)
• Macedonian: стра́жар (mk) m (strážar), обезбе́дувач m (obezbéduvač)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: نِگَهْبان (fa) (negahbân), پاسْدار (fa) (pâsdâr)

• Polish: gwardzista (pl) m, strażnik (pl) m
• Russian: часово́й (ru) m (časovój), карау́льный (ru) m (karaúlʹnyj), охра́нник (ru) m (oxránnik), страж (ru) m (straž), стра́жник (ru) m (strážnik)
• Ukrainian: вартови́й (uk) m (vartovýj), карау́льний m (karaúlʹnyj), охоро́нець m (oxorónecʹ), страж m (straž), стра́жник m (strážnyk)

a member of the National Guard

• Belarusian: гвардзе́ец m (hvardzjéjec)
• Finnish: kaartilainen
• German: Gardist (de) m
• Macedonian: гарди́ст m (gardíst)
• Polish: gwardzista (pl) m
• Russian: гварде́ец (ru) m (gvardéjec)
• Ukrainian: гварді́єць m (hvardíjecʹ)

a member of a Guards regiment

• Belarusian: гвардзе́ец m (hvardzjéjec)
• Finnish: kaartilainen
• German: Gardist (de) m
• Kazakh: гвардияшы (gvardıyašı)
• Macedonian: гарди́ст m (gardíst)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gardist m

  Nynorsk: gardist m

• Polish: gwardzista (pl) m
• Russian: гварде́ец (ru) (gvardéjec)
• Swedish: gardist (sv) c
• Ukrainian: гварді́єць m (hvardíjecʹ)

Further reading

• guardsman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia