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bodyguard

bodyguard

63 3.3
A group of people who go with and protect an important person from danger
  • noun
  • /ˈbɑdiˌɡɑrd/
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  • The celebrity was escorted everywhere by a team of bodyguards to ensure her safety.

And you know, my bodyguards were my best friends.

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Examples

  • Likely these served as scouts and bodyguards at the direct disposal of the general.

  • Listen, we're all going to need bodyguards soon enough.

  • While I was at it, I picked a man with bodyguard experience.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • It's still sealed, but both him and his bodyguard had this list.

  • And I used that attitude with those situations many years after when I was a bodyguard in the Middle East.

  • And you know, my bodyguards were my best friends.

  • Now every mother in Mexico City with money wants bigger bodyguards.

  • I had an Iraqi bodyguard team and I went out to buy rug.

  • ABC had bodyguards following me home at night and following me wherever I had to go.

  • So, we repay our gratitude by being her bodyguards.

Synonyms

guardian
vsbodyguard
347 2.8

A person who looks after and protects someone or their things

is a group protecting an important person rather than legal caretaking responsibility
defender
vsbodyguard
252 2.8

A person who protects someone or something from harm

is a group whose role is guarding an important person rather than general defense
security guard
vsbodyguard
210 1.3

A person who watches and protects a building or people to stop stealing and trouble

is a group focused on guarding a specific important person rather than general premises
protector
vsbodyguard
129 2.8

A person who defends and cares for another person or thing

is a team focused on guarding an important person rather than general protection
muscle
vsbodyguard
  • Informal
39 8.2

A person who is paid to use force or threats for someone else

is a group hired to protect an important person rather than a single enforcer
minder
vsbodyguard
  • UK
6 6.8

A person who stays with someone to protect and watch them

is a group whose job is to protect an important person
hired muscle
vsbodyguard
  • NSFW
2 7.4

People paid to protect or scare others

is a group employed specifically to protect an important person
protectress
vsbodyguard
1 7.5

A woman who keeps people or places safe

is the group assigned to protect an important person rather than a single woman

Antonyms

28 2.9

Not safe from harm

How Protected

bodyguard
63 3.3

Surface Forms

bodyguard singular
bodyguards plural

Morphology

bodyguard = body + guard (transparent) = body + guard

The group-meaning is an expected extension of the compound 'body' + 'guard' (a team of guards protecting a person), so the compound remains transparent.

Etymology

Bodyguard The word bodyguard can also mean a group of people who protect someone important. It comes from body and guard, so imagine a ring of guards whose job is 'to protect' a person's body.