Guard 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
- Life guard, who rescues people from drowning
- Prison guard, who supervises prisoners in a prison or jail
- Security guard, who protects property, assets, or people
- Train conductor, in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand
Governmental and military
- Guards units were elite soldiers, infantry or cavalry
- Border guard, a state security agency.
- Civic guard/civil guard, a police force.
- Coast guard, responsible for coastal defence and offshore rescue.
- Honor Guard, primarily ceremonial.
- National Guard (disambiguation), primarily domestic defense units which have military or law enforcement missions
Sports
- Guard (American football), a player between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a team
- Guard (grappling), a position in martial arts in which the person lies on the back, is confronted by the opponent aligned on top facing him/her, but has his/her legs entangling the opponent for control.
- basketball position
- Point guard, or "playmaker"
- Shooting guard, or "off guard"
- In historical swordmanship color guard (flag spinning), or "guard" was a defensive position.
- Guard colorguard People who toss flags, spin a rifle and a sabre at performances with or without a marching band. The colorguard is a non-musical section that provides additional visual aspects to the performance
Others
- Guard (computing), in programming language, an expression that directs program execution
- Guard (weapon), part of the handle of a sword designed to stop the user's hand from slipping onto the blade
- Guard dog, employed to watch for unwanted or unexpected animals or people
- Guard interval, intervals in transmission, used in telecommunications
- In buildings, a "guard" can mean a Safety barrier to stop people from falling into hazards such as into a fire or off a raised walking surface
- Abdominal guarding, in medicine, the tensing of the abdominal wall muscles to guard inflamed organs
- The aircraft emergency frequency, commonly referred to as "guard"
- Mate guarding—guarding of a potential or former mate from other individuals
See also
- All pages beginning with "Guard"
- All pages with titles containing "Guard"
- The Guard (disambiguation)
- Guardian (disambiguation)
- Sentry (disambiguation)
- Sentinel (disambiguation)