"guard post" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: guard posts [plural]
Etymology: From guard + post. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|guard|post}} guard + post Head templates: {{en-noun}} guard post (plural guard posts)
  1. A location where a guard is posted (station), often having a guardhouse. Translations (Translations): пост (post) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vagtpost [common-gender] (Danish), vartio (Finnish), Warte [feminine] (German), őrhely (Hungarian)

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