NATIONAL GUARD
Dictionary entry overview: What does National Guard mean?
• NATIONAL GUARD (noun)
The noun NATIONAL GUARD has 1 sense:
1. United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either
Familiarity information: NATIONAL GUARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NATIONAL GUARD (noun)
Meaning:
United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
home reserve; National Guard
Hypernyms ("National Guard" is a kind of...):
territorial; territorial reserve (a territorial military unit)
Meronyms (parts of "National Guard"):
National Guard Bureau; NGB (the agency that administers the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard; provides liaison between the Army and the Air Force and various National Guard units)
Meronyms (members of "National Guard"):
guardsman (a soldier who is a member of a unit called 'the guard' or 'guards')
territorial (nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "National Guard"):
Air National Guard; ANG (a civilian reserve component of the United States Air Force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies)
Army National Guard; ARNG (a civilian reserve component of the United States Army comprised of guardsmen who serve during overseas peacekeeping missions and during local emergencies)
