| 单词 | palace guard |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspalace guard palace guard n. (a member of) a body of guards assigned to protect a palace, or a monarch or other sovereign ruler; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > lifeguard or bodyguard > [noun] lifeguard-mana1657 musketeer1696 bodyguard1703 palace guard1729 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > guard > guard of specific thing palace guard1729 train guard1783 horse guard1828 1729 F. Midon Hist. Masaniello Index 221 They raise a Tumult before the Palace, and force open the Gate 33, beat away the Palace Guard 34. 1887 G. Meredith Ballads & Poems 46 The palace-guard Had passed the measured rounds. 1973 Times 11 May 1/1 This seemed his [sc. President Nixon's] most direct admission to date that he had allowed himself to be kept too isolated for too long by his departed ‘palace guard’. 1999 Amer. Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 61 Civilians may try to break the military's monopoly of force by forming their own state militias, palace guards, and guerilla armies. < as lemmas |
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