security guard
Americannoun
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security guards
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of security guard
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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As one security guard confessed to those checking to see if their VIP wristbands granted them access to the coveted Clubhouse lawn, “I wish I could let you all in.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
With black smoke belching high into the sky, Lobga staggers some 90 seconds before collapsing in flames and a U.N. security guard rushes over blasting an extinguisher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
“In here, quick,” I say as the second the security guard looks away.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
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