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  • noun Plural form of guardswoman.

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Examples

  • MICHAEL O'HANLON, BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: I am worried about how hard we are asking our guardsmen and guardswomen to work overseas.

    CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2004 2004

  • Two of the guardswomen sprang up without an order and vanished like hares fleeing the wolf.

    Conan the Valiant Green, Roland 1988

  • The delicate faces of Mishrak's guardswomen showed grim satisfaction at that last detail.

    Conan the Valiant Green, Roland 1988

  • By the time she was sober, the guardswomen had returned with the wine.

    Conan the Valiant Green, Roland 1988

  • For the first time she met the guardswomen and she saw Gena trying to learn to wrestle.

    The Princess Jude Deveraux 1987

  • “I imagine the warriors looked somewhat like our guardswomen,” the captain said mildly.

    The Princess Jude Deveraux 1987

  • For the first time she met the guardswomen and she saw Gena trying to learn to wrestle.

    The Princess Jude Deveraux 1987

  • “I imagine the warriors looked somewhat like our guardswomen,” the captain said mildly.

    The Princess Jude Deveraux 1987

  • "And why, pray?" asked grandma, her eyes flashing a challenge, while her faithful guardswomen, Carry and Dawn, suspended work to see how the argument ended.

    Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916

  • Later, as he and the captain were walking back to the men’s training ground, J.T. said, “Tell me, do the guardswomen welcome men like your men welcome the princess?”

    The Princess Jude Deveraux 1987

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