Guard

Guard may refer to:

Professional occupations

• Bodyguard, who protects an individual from personal assault
• Crossing guard, who stops traffic so pedestrians can cross the street
• Life guard, who rescues people from drowning
• 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

Governmental and military

• Guards units were elite soldiers, infantry or cavalry
• Border guard, a state security agency.
• Civic guard/civil guard, a police force.
• Coast guard, responsible for coastal defence and offshore rescue.
• Honor Guard, primarily ceremonial.
• National Guard (disambiguation), primarily domestic defense units which have military or law enforcement missions

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 lies on the back, is confronted by the opponent aligned on top facing him/her, but has his/her legs entangling the opponent for control.
• basketball position
  • Point guard, or "playmaker"
  • Shooting guard, or "off guard"
• In historical swordmanship color guard (flag spinning), or "guard" was a defensive position.
• Guard colorguard People who toss flags, spin a rifle and a sabre at performances with or with out a marching band. The colorguard is a non-musical section that provides additional visual aspects to the performance

Others

• Guard (computing), in programming language, an expression that directs program execution
• Guard (weapon), part of the handle of a sword designed to stop the user's hand from slipping onto the blade
• Guard dog, employed to watch for unwanted or unexpected animals or people
• Guard interval, intervals in transmission, used in telecommunications
• In buildings, a "guard" can mean a Safety barrier to stop people from falling into hazards such as into a fire or off a raised walking surface
• Abdominal guarding, in medicine, the tensing of the abdominal wall muscles to guard inflamed organs
• The aircraft emergency frequency, commonly referred to as "guard"
• Mate guarding—guarding of a potential or former mate from other individuals

See also

• All pages beginning with "Guard"
• All pages with titles containing "Guard"
• The Guard (disambiguation)
• Guardian (disambiguation)
• Sentry (disambiguation)
• Sentinel (disambiguation)