See also: lifeguardsman

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Etymology edit

From Life Guards +‎ -man.

Noun edit

Life Guardsman (plural Life Guardsmen)

  1. (now chiefly historical) A soldier who is a member of the Life Guards. [from 18th c.]
    • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 299:
      ‘So, Sir, you may quarter two life-guardsmen upon him [] .’