republican guard

English Thesaurus

1. formerly Iraq's elite military unit whose primary role was to protect the government in Baghdad (noun.group)

hypernym	:	force, military force, military group, military unit,
definition	:	a unit that is part of some military service (noun.group)

domain region	:	al-iraq, irak, iraq, republic of iraq,
definition	:	a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq (noun.location)