Swiss-guard
noun
1.
a member of a corps of bodyguards protecting the pope, with membership restricted to natives of Switzerland.
noun
1.
the bodyguard of the pope, recruited from Swiss nationals
2.
a member of this bodyguard
3.
one of a group of Swiss mercenaries who acted as bodyguards to the French kings: destroyed in the Revolution
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