bodyguard
- a person or group of persons employed to guard an individual, as a high official, from bodily harm.
- a retinue; escort.
- to provide with or act as a bodyguard.
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Contemporary Examples of bodyguard
His rule over the country came to an end in 1979 when the director of the KCIA shot Park and his bodyguard to death at dinner.
But he does it in a nice way; the bodyguard turns up with shopping.
But between that one devastating tweet and this poison pen, perhaps the bodyguard was on to something.
Jazz, in particular, when he becomes a bodyguard for Louis Armstrong.
Still to come are Honeymoon in Vegas, Diner, The Bodyguard, Back to The Future, Beaches and so many more.
Historical Examples of bodyguard
But it was useless to think of this, with even the General suggesting a bodyguard.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
"Surround her with a bodyguard, if you like," said the General.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
Jerry has been my bodyguard on Sunday nights for a long time past and I am used to him.
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
And far off in the distance could be heard the cries of his bodyguard.
The Chinese Fairy BookVarious
Behind them came 400 mounted archers forming the bodyguard of the king.
The Life of Cesare BorgiaRaphael Sabatini
bodyguard
- a person or group of people who escort and protect someone, esp a political figure