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household troops
plural noun
- troops guarding or attending a sovereign or a sovereign's residence.
household troops
plural noun
- the infantry and cavalry regiments that carry out escort and guard duties for a head of state
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Word History and Origins
Origin of household troops1
First recorded in 1705–15
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Example Sentences
He had begun life as an officer in the French household troops in absolute boyhood.
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The Brigade of Guards—the infantry of the household troops—comprises the five regiments of foot-guards.
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Being household troops these regiments are subject to certain special regulations and have certain privileges.
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When the household troops advance from St. Petersburg it means that the army is on a war footing and is taking the field.
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Ramses and Menna were left with only a few picked chariots of the household troops, and the whole Hittite army was coming on.
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