GUARDSMEN Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

guardsmen

noun

plural of guardsman

as in militiamen

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civilians

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guerrillas

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But Bernard’s move is a gambit, meant to create a distraction while the Mechanical guerrillas set off dynamite charges in the mines, for reasons as yet unrevealed.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
And, earlier this month, de la Espriella broke from precedent by giving his first post-inauguration speech at a military base in Cali that had recently been attacked, allegedly by guerrillas, instead of in Bogotá.

— Daniel Castro, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026

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