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Webster 1913 Edition

Outguard

Out′guardˊ

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Noun.
(Mil.)
A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy; hence, anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.

Webster 1828 Edition

Outguard

OUT'GUARD

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Noun.
A guard at a distance from the main body of an army; or a guard at the farthest distance; any thing for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.

Definition 2024

outguard

outguard

English

Noun

outguard ‎(plural outguards)

  1. (military) A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy.
  2. (by extension) Anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.

Etymology

out +‎ guard

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