Noun

(en noun)

A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

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(military) A squad responsible for protecting something.

A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.

(Australia) A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.

* {{quote-newsgroup, group=aus.cars, author=Pendles, date=December 24, year=1996

, title= Tyres rubbing on guards, %22guards%22+group:aus.cars

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* {{quote-newsgroup, group=aus.cars, author=Nathan, date=November 23, year=1999

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* {{quote-newsgroup, group=alt.autos, author=Confusement, date=June 12, year=2001

, passage=I had just bought myself broken headlights, a f**ked up grill, a front guard' bent into my front tyre, a leaky radiator and one *SLIGHTLY* bent chassis rail end. I turned the key on my stalled motor and she kicked over first go - if it weren't for the ' guard bent into the tyre, I could've driven home later if I wanted to. , title= Position N or D, %22guards%22+group:aus.cars

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(basketball) A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or center.

(cricket) The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard .

(American football) Either of two offensive positions between the center and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.

(sports) A player playing a position named guard.

(rail) An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.

(computing, programming) A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.

Noun

(en noun)

Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.

The camp monitors look after the children during the night, when the teachers are asleep.

* 1829 , Charles Sprague,

And oft, mild friend, to me thou art

A monitor , though still;

Thou speak'st a lesson to my heart,

Beyond the preacher's skill.

A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.

(computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.

The information flashed up on the monitor .

(computing) A program for viewing and editing.

a machine code monitor

(British) A student leader in a class.

* 1871 , ,

So, as she did not like the masters to be prying about the play-ground out of school, she chose from among the biggest and most trustworthy of her pupils five monitors , who had authority over the rest of the Boys, and kept the unruly ones in order.

* 1881 , , Chapter X,

But it was not so—at least, not always—for though they fell out among themselves, they united their forces against the common enemy—the monitors !

(nautical) One of a class of relatively small armored warships designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than combat with other ships.

(archaic) An ironclad.

A monitor lizard.

(obsolete) One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.

* Francis Bacon

You need not be a monitor to the king.

(engineering) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring the several tools successively into position.