security guard

noun

1. a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.

security guard

noun

1. a person employed to protect buildings, people, etc, and to collect and deliver large sums of money

Word History and Origins

Origin of security guard¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

The van was carrying a driver, a cash custodian and two armed security guards.

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In dramatic body cam video reviewed by The Times, Long Beach police officers approached Hodgson on July 7 after a 911 call made by a security guard who reported Hodgson had shown him a gun.

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The assault left two members of staff dead - a teacher was killed while trying to protect girls and a security guard later died in hospital from gunshot wounds.

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When a security guard asked him to leave, officials said Muran argued he should be allowed to stay because schools were on public grounds.

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"The evidence demonstrates that all of these defendants used them for that purpose, to threaten or to attack the security guards and to lend support to one another as they did so," she said.

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Related Words

• caretaker 
• custodian 
• patrolman 
• policeman 
• warden