corps de garde

Borrowed from French corps de garde.

corps de garde (plural corps de garde)

1. A body of soldiers stationed on guard.
2. Their station, a guardhouse.

 

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corps de garde

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corps de garde m (plural corps de garde)

1. guards, corps de garde (body of soldiers stationed on guard)
2. guardhouse, guardroom, gatehouse, corps de garde

   chanson de corps de garde ― bawdy song

   plaisanteries de corps de garde ― locker room humor

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