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[ bod-ee-gahrd ] / ˈbɒd iˌgɑrd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bodyguard ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna 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. Origin of bodyguardFirst recorded in 1725–35; body + guard Words nearby bodyguardbody double, body drop, body dysmorphic disorder, body English, body fluid, bodyguard, body horror, body image, body language, body-line, body louse Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bodyguardHis 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. Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST But he does it in a nice way; the bodyguard turns up with shopping. Russia’s Gold Digger Academy|Peter Pomerantsev|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST But between that one devastating tweet and this poison pen, perhaps the bodyguard was on to something. Hollande's Jilted Lover Valerie Trierweiler Tells All|Tracy McNicoll|September 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Jazz, in particular, when he becomes a bodyguard for Louis Armstrong. The Prodigious Roddy Doyle Is the Celtic Tiger of Irish Literature|Allen Barra|March 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Still to come are Honeymoon in Vegas, Diner, The Bodyguard, Back to The Future, Beaches and so many more. Is Broadway Being Destroyed by Hollywood?|Michele Willens|March 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST They appeared to be a nobleman's bodyguard, and wore blue favours, but this told me nothing. For The Admiral|W.J. Marx 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. Venice and its Story|Thomas Okey Gustavus in his impetuous way had appeared at the gates of Berlin with a bodyguard of Swedes armed and trained to a fine point. The Mercenary|W. J. Eccott You shall not throw away a commission in the Bodyguard of the greatest Court in Europe. The False Chevalier|William Douw Lighthall
British Dictionary definitions for bodyguard
nouna person or group of people who escort and protect someone, esp a political figure Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bodyguardescort, security guard, guardian, muscle, praetorian, minder, bouncer |