Obsolete form of guard.

(UK) Any of several regiments in the Household Division of the British Army / (Ireland) The Gardaí; the police force.

(fencing) The starting position of a fencing bout; en garde. / Vigilant, alert. / (aviation) Transmitting on the aircraft emergency frequency.

(obsolete or poetic) cautious; wary; watchful

A surname.

(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.

(idiomatic, cricket) (For a new batsman, with help from the umpire) to mark a point on the popping crease in front of his wicket so that he knows where it is behind him; to guard.