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Word entry · 5 letters

guard

Best crossword clue

"One watching an entrance"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ɡɑːd/Part of speech noun, verbSorted adgruStarts with GEnds with D1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a position on a basketball team

Word origin

From early Middle French garder or late Old French (circa 14th cent) guarder (“to keep, ward, guard, save, preserve, etc.”), from Early Medieval Latin wardo, from Frankish *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną (“to guard, protect”). Cognate with French garder, Old English weardian (whence also the English inherited doublet ward). See also English regard.

Used in a sentence

  • The prison guard unlocked the door of the cell. After completing the repairs, he replaced the sump guard.
  • border guard, prison guard, security guard
  • The Garda Regulations 1924 required a candidate for appointment as a guard to be able to produce satisfactory references as to his character

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