national guardsman

noun

often capitalized
: a member of a national guard

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Today, a closer look at how a young air national guardsman shook the military intelligence community. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2023 As the first helicopters reached the airstrip, Serhiy Falatyuk, a 25-year-old national guardsman, propped an Igla surface-to-air system dating to the Soviet Union on his shoulder, peered through the sight and fired a missile. Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2022 Garbo volunteered to serve two years in Afghanistan as an army national guardsman. Julie Luchetta, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2021 Whether citizen or immigrant, dual national or national guardsman, all men must comply or face investigation by the Department of Justice. The Economist, 10 Apr. 2021 See all Example Sentences for national guardsman 

Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of national guardsman was in 1831

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“National guardsman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/national%20guardsman. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.

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