English Explanatory Dictionary

outguard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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. Anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.
verb
  1. To serve as an outguard at.
  2. To do a better job of guarding than.

Word forms

outguard outguards outguarding outguarded

Etymology

From out + guard or out- + guard.

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