guard
/gɑrd/ n [C]Definition
› a person or group of people whose job it is to protect a person, place, or thing from danger or attack, or to prevent a person such as a criminal from escaping: prison guards Armed guards were posted at every exit. › In sports, a guard is a player who supports and defends other players of his or her team.
(Definition of guard n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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