household infantry
Military
noun
Infantry troops with (at least nominal) responsibility for guarding the monarch or head of state.
- In the British Army these troops (until 1950 more usually known as the Brigade of Guards) are the Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish, and Welsh Guards..
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in The Morning Post.
- abiogenetically
- abiogenic
- abiogenically
- abiogenist
- abiogenous
- abiologic
- abiological
- abiologically
- abiology
- abiotic
- abiotically
- abiotrophy
- Abipon
- Abipone
- Abiponian
- Abipón
- Abiquiu
- a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- abirritant
- a bit
- a bite at the cherry
- a bit much
- a bit of all right
- a bit of a ——
- a bitter pill (to swallow)