Yeoman of the Guard: a member of the body-guard of the sovereign of England (first appointed at the accession of Henry VII, and originally archers)…
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > warrior > lifeguard or bodyguard > [noun] > specific (14) Yeoman of the Guard1485 Yeoman of the Guard: a member of the body-guard of the sovereign of England (first appointed at the accession of Henry VII, and originally archers)… solak1520 (See quots.) janissary1529 One of a former body of Turkish infantry, constituting the Sultan's guard and the main part of the standing army. The body was first organized in… Mameluke1531 A slavish champion or supporter, esp. (derogatory) in anti-Catholic writing. praetorian1592 Roman History. A soldier of the Praetorian Guard. trabant1617 In some European countries, a life-guard, an armed attendant, a satellite. Now chiefly Historical. beefeater1671 Popular appellation of the Yeomen of the Guard, in the household of the Sovereign of Great Britain, instituted at the accession of Henry VII in… bostangi1686 A Turkish guard of the palace. mousquetaire1706 A French soldier armed with a musket, a French musketeer; (French History, usually with capital initial) a member of either of two bodies (called… drabant1707 A halberdier; spec. a soldier of the body-guard of the kings of Sweden. protector1781 Roman History. In the later Roman Empire: a member of a particular corps of staff officers, nominally functioning as an imperial bodyguard. Varangian1788 One of the Scandinavian rovers who in the 9th and 10th centuries overran parts of Russia and reached Constantinople; a Northman (latterly also an… Papal Zouave1864 (Also Papal Zouave or Pontifical Zouave.) One of a corps of French soldiers organized at Rome in 1860 for the defence of the pope, and disbanded in… greenfinch1865 slang. A member of the Pope's Irish guard. Obsolete. rare. |
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