Meanings
nouncorps de garde (plural corps de garde)
- A body of soldiers stationed on guard.
- Their station, a guardhouse.
Origin
- Frenchcorps de garde
- Englishcorps de garde
Borrowed from French corps de garde.
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corps de garde. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corps%20de%20garde
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