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

Indeed, the brand’s SoHo location in lower Manhattan was bustling last Friday as a security guard redirected shoppers away from the area in the back of the store where the fitting rooms were located.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

Malkinson, who had been working as a security guard at a local shopping centre at the time of the attack, was wrongly picked out at an identity parade.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Chapman got the name Grizz while working as a security guard at nightclubs around New York.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

San Diego Police Department Chief Scott Wahl said the suspects ran past the security guard, identified as Amin Abdullah, at about 11:40 on Monday morning.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Ma worked as a security guard in Downtown Brooklyn.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

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