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(n)
Protection, defence.
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A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting someone.
(v)
(transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
A grasp or grip.
The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
the duty of serving as a sentry
Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.
A sentry, watch, or guard.
A chief administrative officer of a prison.
A guard, especially in a prison.
Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
A person or group who controls access to something or somebody.
Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
Someone who defends people or property.
the act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft
A person, especially a soldier, who is on guard.
A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
(adj)
Serving or intended to protect.
The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
(ambitransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
(chiefly sports) Pertaining to defense, as opposed to attack.
Providing protection, care, supervision or guarding.
The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
One set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night.
One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.
A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.
Someone who takes care of a place or thing; someone looking after a place, or responsible for keeping it in good repair.
(chiefly US, Philippines) Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
(countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement.
(computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
An accompanying person in a social gathering, etc.
A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.
A group of people organized for a common purpose.
One who, or that which, polices.
One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
A station for guards, especially at the entrance of a town, castle, etc.
(attributive) on call
A police force.
(literally) One who handles something (especially manually) or someone.
The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
(countable) Somewhere one can find protection.
One who saves.
The office, or the duty of a custodian.
Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.
A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity.
(informal) A person or thing worth keeping.
A member of the Gardaí: an Irish national police officer
The office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity.
The act of caring for or improving with time.
(uncountable) The act or instance of supervising.
(chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.
An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
One who exerts power, or has the power to act.
Obsolete form of guard. [A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.]
The duty of a tutor; tutelage
A surname.
A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
(countable, uncountable) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
Alternative spelling of lookout. [A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.]
(figuratively) To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.
Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
(law, politics) A person appointed by a deliberative body to investigate an issue or a situation, and report back to that body.
To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
The process or act of sequestering; a putting aside or separating.
(UK) Alternative spelling of counseling. [Assistance (especially from a professional) in the resolution of personal difficulties.]
A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law.
A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.
An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.
Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
(Canada, US, Philippines) A carer; a person who looks after another person.
A daycare centre.
Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
An act of holding or keeping something; a possession, a retention.
Alternative spelling of coast guard. [The organisation or officer enforcing maritime law and policing the seas within territorial waters.]
(uncountable) The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.
The work of a babysitter; the care of children in the temporary absence of their parents or guardians.
Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
Only used in for keeps
A rough push.
A fence or barrier consisting of one or more horizontal rails and vertical supports.
The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order.
Alert watchfulness.
Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
A man.
(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
The quality of being alert or on the alert.