bodyguard
Americannoun
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a person or group of persons employed to guard an individual, as a high official, from bodily harm.
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a retinue; escort.
verb (used with or without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of bodyguard
Example Sentences
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If so, he's considered one of his grandfather's most trusted confidantes, having been his personal bodyguard, and more business-orientated than ideological, with no high-level diplomatic experience.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
He was then taken into custody alongside his bodyguard - neither man has commented on the charges.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
For the remainder of his time in Venezuela, he had a bodyguard by his side.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez on Monday added a former bodyguard of her ousted predecessor Nicolas Maduro to her cabinet in one of the first ministerial changes of her administration.
From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026
When your bodyguard and champion showed up at my office, I was expecting something more in the way of an invitation to play tennis.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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