Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A room used by guards on duty.
- noun A room in which military prisoners are confined.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A room for the accommodation of guards.
- noun A room where military delinquents are confined.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mil.) The room occupied by the guard during its term of duty; also, a room where prisoners are confined.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A room used by
soldiers when onguard - noun A
cell in whichmilitary prisoners are kept
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cell in which soldiers who are prisoners are confined
- noun a room used by soldiers on guard
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Examples
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It was a little wooden barrack, surrounded by a wall of the same material; a sentinel stood at the gate, I passed by him, and, entering the building, found myself in a rude kind of guardroom; several soldiers were lying asleep on a wooden couch at one end, others lounged on benches by the side of a turf fire.
Lavengro 2004
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It was a little wooden barrack, surrounded by a wall of the same material; a sentinel stood at the gate, I passed by him, and, entering the building, found myself in a rude kind of guardroom; several soldiers were lying asleep on a wooden couch at one end, others lounged on benches by the side of a turf fire.
Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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They took us to an army camp close by, put us in a guardroom cell, gave us a feed and then took us before their commandant for interrogation.
John Keay 2010
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All the way to the guardroom. on March 11, 2010 at 4: 02 pm Finger Moose
Oh How We Laughed……But Not Too Loudly. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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They walked round the outside of the wire and so, as the sun was hot, we decided to sunbathe in the corner furthest away from the guardroom.
John Keay 2010
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The two sat on a wobbly mattress in a guardroom, the only spot they could find to talk privately in a block that holds petty criminals and insurgents who openly discuss their hatred of foreigners.
American former beauty queen defending foreigners stuck in Afghan legal system Ernesto Londoño 2010
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The guardroom was closed and no one was outside, so I cut the wire.
John Keay 2010
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The two sat on a wobbly mattress in a guardroom, the only spot they could find to talk privately in a block that holds petty criminals and insurgents who openly discuss their hatred of foreigners.
American former beauty queen defending foreigners stuck in Afghan legal system Ernesto Londoño 2010
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The guards were always inside the guardroom by a fire, so for two men to disappear for half an hour was easy.
John Keay 2010
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And then we drove on to Montmirail, a private chateau where we saw the 12th Century guardroom where Henri II signed his will sharing his kingdom among his three squabbling sons.
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