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border guard

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders.

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noun

Meaning 2

A person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states.

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Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَرْس الْحُدُود (ḥars al-ḥudūd) — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Belarusian: паграні́чныя во́йскі (pahraníčnyja vójski) — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Belarusian: паме́жныя во́йскі (pamjéžnyja vójski) — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Belarusian: паграні́чная слу́жба (pahraníčnaja slúžba) — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Belarusian: паме́жная слу́жба (pamjéžnaja slúžba) — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Chinese Mandarin: 邊防軍 /边防军 (biānfángjūn) — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Czech: pohraniční stráž — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Finnish: rajavartiolaitos — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Finnish: rajavartiosto — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • French: police frontalière — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • German: Grenzschutz — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Hungarian: határőrség — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Irish: garda teorann — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Italian: polizia di frontiera — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Japanese: 国境警備隊 (kokkyō keibitai) — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Korean: 국경경비대 (gukgyeonggyeongbidae) — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Macedonian: гра́нична поли́ција (gránična polícija) — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Macedonian: гра́нична во́јска (gránična vójska) — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Polish: straż graniczna — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Romanian: poliție de frontieră — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Russian: пограни́чные войска́ (pograníčnyje vojská) — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Russian: пограни́чная слу́жба (pograníčnaja slúžba) — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Slovak: pohraničná stráž — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Spanish: guardia fronteriza — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Turkish: sınır muhafızı — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Ukrainian: прикордо́нні війська́ (prykordónni vijsʹká) — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Ukrainian: прикордо́нна слу́жба (prykordónna slúžba) — a national agency that enforces the security of the country's national borders
  • Armenian: սահմանապահ (sahmanapah) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Azerbaijani: sərhədçi — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Belarusian: паграні́чнік (pahraníčnik) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Belarusian: паме́жнік (pamjéžnik) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Bulgarian: гранича́р (graničár) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Chinese Mandarin: 邊防人員 /边防人员 (biānfáng rényuán) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Chinese Mandarin: 邊防 /边防 (biānfáng) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Czech: pohraničník — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Danish: grænsevagt — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Danish: grænsegendarm — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Dutch: grenswachter — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Dutch: grensbewaker — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Finnish: rajavartija — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • French: garde-frontière — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Georgian: მესაზღვრე (mesazɣvre) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • German: Grenzwache — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • German: Grenzsoldat — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Hindi: सीमा सुरक्षा बल (sīmā surakṣā bal) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Hungarian: határőr — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Hungarian: határvadász — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Ingrian: pogranicnikka — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Kazakh: шекарашы (şekaraşy) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Kyrgyz: чек арачы (cek aracı) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Kyrgyz: пограничник (pogranicnik) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Macedonian: гра́ничар (gráničar) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Pannonian Rusyn: гранїчар (hranjičar) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Polish: pogranicznik — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Polish: strażnik graniczny — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Polish: strażniczka graniczna — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Portuguese: guarda de fronteira — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Romanian: grănicer — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Russian: пограни́чник (pograníčnik) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Russian: пограни́чница (pograníčnica) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Serbo-Croatian: гра̀нича̄р — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Serbo-Croatian: gràničār — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Slovak: pohraničník — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Slovak: hraničiar — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Slovene: graničar — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Spanish: guarda de frontera — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Swedish: gränsvakt — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Tajik: сарҳадчӣ (sarhadči) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Tajik: сарҳадбон (sarhadbon) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Ukrainian: прикордо́нник (prykordónnyk) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Ukrainian: прикордо́нниця (prykordónnycja) — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states
  • Uzbek: chegarachi — a person assigned to watch, protect or control the frontier between two sovereign states