Noun national guard has 1 sense
  1. National Guard, home reserve - United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either
    --1 is a kind of territorial, territorial reserve
    --1 has parts: National Guard Bureau, NGB
    --1 has members: guardsman; territorial
    --1 has particulars: Air National Guard, ANG; Army National Guard, ARNG
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