bodyguard

[ bod-ee-gahrd ]

/ ˈbɒd iˌgɑrd /

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noun

a person or group of persons employed to guard an individual, as a high official, from bodily harm.

a retinue; escort.

verb (used with or without object)

to provide with or act as a bodyguard.

Nearby words

bodyboard, bodyboarding, bodybuilder, bodybuilding, bodycheck, bodyguard, bodyshell, bodysuit, bodywear, bodywork, bodö

Origin of bodyguard

First recorded in 1725–35; body + guard

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Examples from the Web for 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.
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But he does it in a nice way; the bodyguard turns up with shopping.
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But between that one devastating tweet and this poison pen, perhaps the bodyguard was on to something.
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Jazz, in particular, when he becomes a bodyguard for Louis Armstrong.
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They appeared to be a nobleman's bodyguard, and wore blue favours, but this told me nothing.
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The savage king came out, and Winkleman and his bodyguard soon followed.
The Leopard Woman|Stewart Edward White
Sixty halberdiers clothed in silk of azure and gold were his bodyguard: forty noble youths of the Calza were his attendants.
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Gustavus in his impetuous way had appeared at the gates of Berlin with a bodyguard of Swedes armed and trained to a fine point.
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You shall not throw away a commission in the Bodyguard of the greatest Court in Europe.
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British Dictionary definitions for bodyguard

bodyguard

/ (ˈbɒdɪˌɡɑːd) /

noun

a person or group of people who escort and protect someone, esp a political figure

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