The Collaborative International Dictionary
Foot Guards \Foot" Guards`\, pl. Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards. [Eng.]
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Usage examples of "foot guards".
He was now a lieutenant in the First Foot Guards, but had been seconded to the Prince's staff because his father was an old friend of the Baron Rebecque.
THE MAJER STEPPED out of the direct sunlight and under the tent awning, past the two Mirror Foot guards.
The foot guards, ^27 who had been long jealous of the prerogatives and insolence of the Praetorian cavalry, embraced the party of the people.
The 30th Infantry Regiment, the 18th Infantry Regiment, the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards, the 44th Infantry Regiment, and the 33rd Regiment of Fusiliers were all at one time or another garrisoned in the city, though none of them for very long.
Grak himself was still talking to the foot guards, hurriedly explaining the presence of the foreigners.
Brian himself held a bared ceremonial sword and looked grim as Bass was ushered in by well-armed foot guards, who had disarmed him beforehand.