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[Guard] GUARD or GUARDS may refer to:
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** Professional occupations
- Bodyguard , who protects an individual from personal assault
- Crossing guard , who stops traffic so pedestrians can cross the street
- Lifeguard , who rescues people from drowning
- Prison guard , who supervises prisoners in a prison or jail
- Security guard , who protects property, assets, or people
- Conductor (rail) § Train guard , in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and India
** Computing and telecommunications
- Guard (computer science) , in programming language, an expression that directs program execution
- Guard (information security) , a device for controlling communication between computer networks
- Guard interval , intervals in transmission, used in telecommunications
- Aircraft emergency frequency , commonly referred to as "guard"
** Governmental and military
[List of army units called Guards]
- Border guard , a state security agency
- Coast guard , responsible for coastal defence and offshore rescue
- Colour guard , a detachment of soldiers assigned to the protection of regimental colors
- Commander-in-Chief's Guard , a unit of the Continental Army that protected General George Washington
- Foot guards , a senior infantry unit in some armies, often with ceremonial duties
- Guard (military) , a military guard responsible for protection and ceremonial duties.
- Garda Síochána , Irish police force informally known as Guards
- Guard of honour , primarily ceremonial
- Guards (Russia) , elite military in pre-revolutionary Russia
- Guards unit , a title earned by distinguished units in the former Soviet Union and in some contemporary ex-Soviet states
- Police in medieval contexts
- Royal Guard , military bodyguards, soldiers or armed retainers responsible for the protection of a royal person, often an elite unit of the regular armed forces.
** Sports
- Guard (gridiron football) , a player between the center and the tackles on the offensive line
- Guard (basketball)
- Point guard , or "playmaker"
- Shooting guard , or "off guard"
- Combo guard , combining both point and shooting guard
- Guard (grappling) , a position in martial arts
- Color guard (flag spinning) , people who toss flags, spin a rifle and a saber at performances with a marching band
- Winter guard , people who spin and toss flags, rifles, and/or sabers at indoor performances on a tarp
** Other uses
- Guard (surname)
- Guards (band) , an American rock band
- Guards (steamboat)
- Guard (weapon) , part of the handle of a sword designed to protect the user's hand
- Guard (knife) , finger protection barrier between the handle and the blade
- Guard dog s, guard llama s and guard geese , animals employed to watch for unwanted or unexpected animals or people
- Abdominal guarding , in medicine, the tensing of the abdominal wall muscles to guard inflamed organs
- Mate guarding , guarding of a potential or former mate from other individuals
- Mouthguard , a protective device for the mouth
- _Wächter_ (Anatol) ( _Guards_ ), several monumental sculptures by Anatol Herzfeld
** See also
- Civil Guard (disambiguation)
- The Guard (disambiguation)
- National Guard (disambiguation)
- Sentry (disambiguation)
- Sentinel (disambiguation)
[disambiguation]