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单词 out-guard
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out-guardn.

Brit. /ˈaʊtɡɑːd/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌɡɑrd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, guard n.
Etymology: < out- prefix + guard n.
A guard placed at a distance from the main body of an army; an advance guard, an outpost; the action of serving as such a guard. Also figurative.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > guard > outpost
out-guard1598
out-sentry1691
out-sentinel1705
out-picquet1811
1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades vi. 102 Or learne the briefe estate Of their intentions for the time; and mixe like one of them With their outguards.
1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 30 They, after they came to our out-guards, asked for the Coronels.
1679 W. Bedloe Narr. Horrid Popish Plot 26 Law being the best humane out-guard to Religion.
1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 4. ⁋11 Holland is our Bulwark, or as Mr. Waller expresses it, our outgard on the Continent.
1736 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer II. ii. 9 This [Dugdale] Wheat will best grow,..nor will it be damaged by Blights and Wets, when others are, by Reason of its great Out-guards, its Beards.
1827 R. Emmons Fredoniad III. 188 Young Spencer, haste, and bid the outguards slow, Back to recede before the advancing foe.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. xiii. 202 The enemy..had no outguard there, never expecting us on that side.
1939 Jrnl. Amer. Mil. Inst. 3 87 There was no moon and despite the gusty wind a heavy mist obscured the vision of the sentries on outguard.
1974 Internat. Organization 28 267 Typically, peacekeepers may..serve as outguards in areas where frequent accidents occur.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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