Guard
Guard ( English ; spoken / ɡaːɐt /; German "Wache", "Wächter", "Defender", "Schütze" or "Schutz [device]") stands for:
- Point guard and shooting guard together, two positions in basketball which the Backcourt form
- Full Guard , Half Guard , Rubber Guard , which represent positions in martial arts to control the opponent from the ground
- an alternative name for the enforcer , a position in ice hockey
- a position in American football on the offensive line
- For a protective device in electrical measurement technology for shielding against interference, see: Resistance measuring device
- Guard interval in communications technology, prevents the mixing of transmissions
- Guard , military units with special status
- Guard frequency : Emergency frequency in aviation
- Guard , position in American and Canadian football
- Guard Glacier , glacier in Palmerland, Antarctica
Guard is the surname of the following people:
- Dominic Guard (* 1956), British former actor and current psychotherapist
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Wiktionary: guard - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations