GUARDROOM Definition & Meaning

guardroom

[ gahrd-room, -room ]

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noun

a room used by military guards during the period they are on duty.
a room in which military prisoners are kept.

guardroom

/ ˈɡɑːdˌruːm; -ˌrʊm /

noun

a room used by guards
a room in which prisoners are confined under guard

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of guardroom¹

First recorded in 1755–65; guard + room

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Mr Pile-Grey admits he then lost his temper and describes being bundled out of the guardroom.

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Two former detainees held in cells nearest to the guardroom in their prison wing described overhearing conversations between their jailers regarding executions in early March.

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At the end of the corridor was a guardroom.

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We took refuge in that guardroom over there; and we had rather a fright.

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‘This seems to have been a guardroom, made for the watching of the three passages,’ said Gimli.

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