guardsman
noun
guards·man
ˈgärdz-mən 
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Guardsmen were deployed to the region.
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Around 50 Hoosier guardsmen will help ICE officials with tasks such as answering phones, biometric collection, tracking expenses, entering data and maintaining vehicles.
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Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 5 Sep. 2025
The president can request governors to deploy guardsmen for federal missions.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
By contrast with central Washington, residents of Ward 8 in the city's southeast - the area with the highest crime rate - said there was not a guardsman in sight.
—Tim Reid, Reuters, 24 Aug. 2025
Trump has not given a timetable for when guardsmen will end their DC deployment.
—Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2025
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Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 5 Sep. 2025
The president can request governors to deploy guardsmen for federal missions.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
By contrast with central Washington, residents of Ward 8 in the city's southeast - the area with the highest crime rate - said there was not a guardsman in sight.
—Tim Reid, Reuters, 24 Aug. 2025
Trump has not given a timetable for when guardsmen will end their DC deployment.
—Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Guardsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guardsman. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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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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