English · Idiom Historical

Household Troops

Preserved but no longer current.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Those troops whose special duty it is to attend the sovereign.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

những đợi bộ vẹn quan tâm đến nhà vua

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Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “Household Troops” mean?

Those troops whose special duty it is to attend the sovereign.

Is “Household Troops” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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