republican guard
n · noun
Simple meaning
A republican guard, sometimes called a national guard.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ɹɪˈpʌblɪkənɡɑɹd
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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n
A republican guard, sometimes called a national guard, is a state organization of a country (often a republic, hence the name Republican) which typically serves to protect the head of state and the government, and thus is often synonymous with a presidential guard.
The Republican Guard Brigade (| Liwāʾ al-Ḥaras al-ǧumhūrī), also known as the Presidential Guard Brigade, is a unit of the Land Component of the Lebanese Armed Forces, attached to the Directorate-General of the Presidency of Lebanon.
The Syrian Republican Guard, also known as the Presidential Guard, was an elite 25,000 man praetorian guard unit in the Syrian Army prior to the fall of the Assad regime, and was reportedly at a corps size with around 60,000 guardsmen.
The Republican Guard of Peru was a branch of the Peruvian National Gendarmerie responsible for providing security to the headquarters of public institutions and penitentiary establishments, as well as border control.
The Republican Guard of Guinea is the state organization of Guinea responsible for protection of government officials and buildings, and acts as a reserve force for the National Gendarmerie.
The Djiboutian Republican Guard, is a section of the Djiboutian Armed Forces that provides security missions for the highest Djiboutian state authorities and the public.
noun
Formerly Iraq's elite military unit whose primary role was to protect the government in Baghdad
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This meaning: A republican guard, sometimes called a national guard, is a state organization of a country (often a republic, hence the name Republican) which typically serves to protect the head of state and the government, and thus is often synonymous with a presidential guard.
Used this way, republican guard is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in government or politics contexts.
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- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Government/politics
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