guardsman
noun
guards·man
ˈgärdz-mən 
Examples of guardsman in a Sentence
Guardsmen were deployed to the region.
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Tennessee, Idaho and Nebraska have also sent guardsmen or state law enforcement personnel to Texas.
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Gregory S. Schneider The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 10 July 2023
In a July 2022 executive order directing Texas guardsmen and the Department of Public Safety to detain migrants who crossed the border between ports of entry, Abbott cited that clause.
—Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 29 July 2023
Colombia’s Indigenous guardsmen usually wear cloth vests and carry wooden staffs, not guns.
—Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 27 June 2023
After arriving, guardsmen frantically set up chairs, folding tables and a lectern for the ceremony.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
Thirty guardsmen are assisting Maui police with traffic control, and 16 roads are still closed on Maui, Jeff Hickman, public affairs director for the state's Department of Defense, said Thursday afternoon.
—CBS News, 11 Aug. 2023
Videos shared with The Boston Globe at the time showed the US Coast Guard approaching the ferry from behind in open water, and guardsmen quickly boarding the boat and drawing their weapons.
—Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
The deceased guardsmen were the only two people aboard the helicopter, the Tennessee National Guard said in a statement, and no one on the ground was injured by the crash.
—Gina Martinez, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2023
Around the same time Rollins submitted her resignation, Levy appeared at the federal courthouse in Worcester for a hearing in the high profile prosecution of Jack D. Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking top-secret military information on the Internet.
—Shelley Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
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Gregory S. Schneider The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 10 July 2023
In a July 2022 executive order directing Texas guardsmen and the Department of Public Safety to detain migrants who crossed the border between ports of entry, Abbott cited that clause.
—Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 29 July 2023
Colombia’s Indigenous guardsmen usually wear cloth vests and carry wooden staffs, not guns.
—Julie Turkewitz, New York Times, 27 June 2023
After arriving, guardsmen frantically set up chairs, folding tables and a lectern for the ceremony.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
Thirty guardsmen are assisting Maui police with traffic control, and 16 roads are still closed on Maui, Jeff Hickman, public affairs director for the state's Department of Defense, said Thursday afternoon.
—CBS News, 11 Aug. 2023
Videos shared with The Boston Globe at the time showed the US Coast Guard approaching the ferry from behind in open water, and guardsmen quickly boarding the boat and drawing their weapons.
—Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
The deceased guardsmen were the only two people aboard the helicopter, the Tennessee National Guard said in a statement, and no one on the ground was injured by the crash.
—Gina Martinez, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2023
Around the same time Rollins submitted her resignation, Levy appeared at the federal courthouse in Worcester for a hearing in the high profile prosecution of Jack D. Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking top-secret military information on the Internet.
—Shelley Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
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1648, in the meaning defined above
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“Guardsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guardsman. Accessed 4 Dec. 2023.
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guardsman
noun
guards·man
ˈgärdz-mən
: a member of a national guard, coast guard, or similar military body
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