A person from Guadeloupe or of Guadeloupean descent.

Of, from, or pertaining to Guadeloupe, the Guadeloupean people or the Guadeloupean language.

A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something. / (Ireland) A garda; a police officer. / (military) A squad responsible for protecting something.

To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend. / To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.

(basketball) A guard who is usually the taller of the two guard positions, and sometimes specializes in shooting from outside, particular from beyond the three-point line.

(basketball) A guard who is usually the shortest of the five basketball positions, and specializes in handling the ball, distributing it to the other players and generally running the team's offense.

The part of the framing of a railway car or truck by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically.

(archaic) The vanguard or advanced body of an army.

Anything that assures a certain outcome. / A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation.

To give an assurance that something will be done right. / To assume or take responsibility for a debt or other obligation. / To make something certain.