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YEOMEN OF THE GUARD

Specialty Definition: YEOMEN OF THE GUARD

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Literature

Yeomen of the Guard The beefeaters (q.v.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Specialty Definition: Yeomen of the Guard

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The Yeomen of the Guard, also known as the Beefeaters or the Tower Warders are the guardians of the Tower of London. They wear distinctive red uniforms and are responsible for looking after prisoners at the Tower, safeguarding the British crown jewels, and acting as tour guides.

Gilbert and Sullivan wrote an operetta featuring them, called The Yeomen of the Guard.

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Synonyms within Context: YEOMEN OF THE GUARD

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Combatant

Armed force, troops, soldiery, military forces, sabaoth, the army, standing army, regulars, the line, troops of the line, militia, yeomanry, volunteers, trainband, fencible; auxiliary, bersagliere, brave; garde-nationale, garde-royale; minuteman; auxiliary forces, reserve forces; reserves, posse comitatus, national guard, gendarme, beefeater; guards, guardsman; yeomen of the guard, life guards, household troops.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: YEOMEN OF THE GUARD

English words defined with "YEOMEN OF THE GUARD": Exon. (references)
Specialty definitions using "YEOMEN OF THE GUARD": Beefeaters. (references)

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Modern Usage: YEOMEN OF THE GUARD

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Movie/TV Titles

The Yeomen of the Guard (1974)

Highlights from The Yeomen of the Guard (1907)

The Yeomen of the Guard (1982)

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Commercial Usage: YEOMEN OF THE GUARD

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Theater & Movies

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Anagrams: YEOMEN OF THE GUARD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-f-g-h-m-n-o-o-r-t-u-y"

-5 letters: hydrogenate.

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Alternative Orthography: YEOMEN OF THE GUARD


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

59 45 4F 4D 45 4E      4F 46      54 48 45      47 55 41 52 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0059 0045 004F 004D 0045 004E      004F 0046      0054 0048 0045      0047 0055 0041 0052 0044

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

59394947394824940254423924155355238

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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