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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a corps of soldiers of Swiss birth employed at the Vatican as bodyguards to the pope.
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Examples
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Post-Monica Lewinsky, berets are only OK if you are in a member of the Swiss Guard.
Hats, rules regarding. See also helmets Blythe 2010
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The massacre of the Swiss Guard and of anyone else who happened to be lingering at the Tuileries was truly horrific.
Archive 2009-08-01 elena maria vidal 2009
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But one really wants to know what exactly did Pope Leo XIII think of this strange young girl who would not let go of his knee and who was dragged off by the Swiss Guard.
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He also meets Vittoria Vetra, flown in from CERN to advise on the recovery of the anti-matter, the head of the Swiss Guard, whose job it is to scoff and obstruct Robert Langdon's investigations, and the impossibly young and handome Camerlengo:
Announcing the birth of a new feature and the death of Jenn's self respect. 2009
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He also meets Vittoria Vetra, flown in from CERN to advise on the recovery of the anti-matter, the head of the Swiss Guard, whose job it is to scoff and obstruct Robert Langdon's investigations, and the impossibly young and handome Camerlengo:
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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It is a singular fact, that Danton, Herbert, and Robespierre were also buried in this same place, together with the Swiss Guard.
Archive 2009-01-01 elena maria vidal 2009
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"" Without the Swiss Guard, or with a disarmed Swiss Guard, it would be impossible to ensure the security of the pope, '' countered Swiss Cardinal Amedee Grab.
Murder Most Odd 2008
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A famous bandmaster in Revolutionary and Napoleonic times, Michel Gesture, had entered the band of the Swiss Guard as in instrumentalist at the age of 14.
Drummers Fifers and Music of the Kings Guard de Brantigny........................ 2008
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When the Swiss Guard carried out Guard Duties ‘Outside the Louvre’ a company of 100 Swiss Cent Suisses not part of the Garde Suisses also formed a part of the guard ‘Inside the Louvre’.
Drummers Fifers and Music of the Kings Guard de Brantigny........................ 2008
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A member of the Swiss Guard, the elaborately costumed Vatican sentries who protect the life of the pope, burst into his colonel's apartment and killed him with a shot in the back and a coup de grace fired into his face.
Murder Most Odd 2008
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