Guard

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Contents 1 Professional occupations 2 Governmental and military 3 Sports 4 Others

Guard may refer to:

[edit] 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

[edit] Governmental and military

Main disambiguation page: List of protective service agencies

Main disambiguation page: List of army units called Guards

• Border guard, a state security agency
• Coast guard, responsible for coastal defence and offshore rescue
• Honor Guard, primarily ceremonial
• National Guard, primarily 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), 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
• The Guard, a Canadian television series
• 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

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