Definition of national guardsman
: a member of a national guard
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The flood caused heavy damage in Ellicott City and killed a national guardsman who was swept away by floodwaters trying to help a resident. — Ian Duncan, baltimoresun.com, "Maryland congressional delegation calls on Trump to approve disaster declaration for Ellicott City flood," 2 July 2018 During the storm, first responders, national guardsmen and other emergency workers unknowingly contaminated the carpet of the MVPD building by wearing rubber boots that had been in flood waters inside. — Tracy Maness, Houston Chronicle, "Memorial Villages police chief discusses hurricane season," 21 May 2018 In Venezuela’s gold capital, national guardsmen block the roads. — Andrew Rosati, Bloomberg.com, "The Bloody Grab for Gold in Venezuela’s Most Dangerous Town," 9 Apr. 2018 Also tonight, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis signed orders to deploy as many as 4,000 national guardsmen to the region. — Fox News, "Gorka: Instead of learning from 2016, the press doubled down," 6 Apr. 2018 Among our athletes in Korea were a firefighter, a national guardsman, and a mechanic. — Sally Jenkins, chicagotribune.com, "The Olympic flame has been extinguished. The USOC should be next.," 26 Feb. 2018 More than 400 miles to the southeast, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, a group of volunteers and national guardsmen were busy loading ice cream, presents and Santa into an Alaska Air National Guard HC-130 Combat King II airplane. — Loren Holmes, Anchorage Daily News, "A visit from Santa brings hope to a Western Alaska village," 9 Dec. 2017 Sergeant Allen, a national guardsman from Georgia, had part of his brain removed during surgery, and is now unable to speak, walk, or take care of himself. — Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, "Sgt. Bergdahl’s Sentence May Be Lighter Because of Trump’s Comments," 30 Oct. 2017 Louisiana has 150 national guardsmen and other emergency preparedness officials assisting in Puerto Rico currently. — Julia O'donoghue, NOLA.com, "John Bel Edwards, Louisiana National Guard leader head to Puerto Rico," 27 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'national guardsman.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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