Guard
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Guard may refer to:
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[edit] Professional occupations
- Bodyguard, who protects an individual from personal assault
- Crossing guard, who stops traffic so pedestrians can cross the street
- Prison guard, who supervises prisoners in a prison or jail
- Security guard, who protects property, assets, or people
- Train conductor, in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand
[edit] Security and military
- Main disambiguation page: List of protective service agencies
- Main disambiguation page: List of army units called Guards
- Guards unit, a type of military unit of the former Soviet Union.
- Russian Guards of Russia and the Soviet Union
- Ukrainian Guards of Ukraine.
- Border guard, a state security agency
- Coast guard, responsible for services at sea
- National Guard, domestic defense units which may have military or law enforcement missions
[edit] Sports
- Guard (American football), a player between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a team
- Guard (grappling), a position in martial arts in which the person on the bottom has his/her legs/hips between themselves and their opponent.
- Point guard, a basketball position
- Shooting guard, a basketball position
- A defensive position in historical fencing (see also En Garde)
[edit] Others
- Guard (computing), a programming language expression that directs program execution
- Guard (weapon), the handle of a sword
- Guard dog, employed to watch for unwanted or unexpected animals or people
- Guard interval, intervals in transmission, used in telecommunications
- The Guard, a Canadian television series
- In buildings, a "guard" can mean a barrier to stop people from falling off edges of raised walking surfaces.