Guard and Host

Guard

Guard noun - A person or group that watches over someone or something.

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Host and guard are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Host" instead a noun "Guard".

Host noun - A great number of persons or creatures massed together.

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Guard and host are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Guard" instead a noun "Host".

Nearby Words: hosted, hostess, hosting

human	human guard	human host
old	old guard	old host
good	good guard	good host
female	female guard	female host
Other adjectives: perfect, regular, original, dead, single, corrupt, actual, entire, huge, main, young, new, former, next, last, local, previous.

Not surprisingly, he doesn't expect to do any fighting, though he does lead his reserve guard into battle personally against Roose Bolton's host.

Source: Bling of War
Certain species produce mind-altering chemicals that causes the host caterpillar to guard and protect the cocoons until they hatch.

Source: Bizarre Alien Reproduction
The Venom symbiote, languishing in prison with its then-current host Mac Gargan, senses Peter's predicament and abandons Gargan, taking over a prison guard and rushing to the bridge where Peter had cocooned himself.

Source: Characters / Alternate Incarnations of Venom

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