Associations to the word «Guardsman»

Wiktionary

GUARDSMAN, noun. A person, especially a soldier, who is on guard.
GUARDSMAN, noun. (US) A member of the National Guard.
GUARDSMAN, noun. (British) A member of a Guards regiment.

Dictionary definition

GUARDSMAN, noun. A soldier who is a member of a unit called `the guard' or `guards'.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats