guardhouse
noun
guard·house
ˈgärd-ˌhau̇s 
1
: a building occupied by a guard or used as a headquarters by soldiers on guard duty
2
: a military jail
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The movie studio backers built a forlorn guardhouse on 40 acres in South Windsor, but nothing else.
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 6 Apr. 2024
Officials also plan to extend the airport’s buffer zone, currently being guarded by members of the Armed Forces in the makeshift guardhouses made from shipping containers.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 May 2024
Next door, Oates uncovered a large edifice with a massive basalt threshold and thick walls, entered by passing through two small rooms, perhaps guardhouses.
—Andrew Lawler, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2010
Altogether, the compound features a total of 12 bedrooms and a whopping 24 bathrooms split between a main house, a 5,000-square-foot guest penthouse, a caretaker’s cottage, and a guardhouse.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 June 2023
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 6 Apr. 2024
Officials also plan to extend the airport’s buffer zone, currently being guarded by members of the Armed Forces in the makeshift guardhouses made from shipping containers.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 May 2024
Next door, Oates uncovered a large edifice with a massive basalt threshold and thick walls, entered by passing through two small rooms, perhaps guardhouses.
—Andrew Lawler, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2010
Altogether, the compound features a total of 12 bedrooms and a whopping 24 bathrooms split between a main house, a 5,000-square-foot guest penthouse, a caretaker’s cottage, and a guardhouse.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 June 2023
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guardhouse
noun
guard·house
ˈgärd-ˌhau̇s
1
: a building occupied by a guard or used as a headquarters by soldiers on guard duty
2
: a military jail
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