security guard

American  

noun

• security guards
  plural

1. a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.

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security guard British  

noun

1. a person employed to protect buildings, people, etc, and to collect and deliver large sums of money

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• security guards
  plural

Etymology

Origin of security guard

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

security guard

It only takes one glance from the security guard — their eye catching the light dancing off of the studs, the spikes, the grommets, the O-rings, the chains — to understand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

The authority said it had spent almost £60,000 on safety barriers, administration and paying for a security guard to keep watch over it.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Mr. Jiang asked a security guard for $100.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Through the company, Rodriguez began working at least twice a month as a security guard for a wealthy L.A.-based woman who had an ongoing dispute with her husband.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

“Like the security guard said, though—planning doesn’t always work.”

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

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