bank guard

2 1.7

A person who protects a bank and its customers

noun
/bæŋk ɡɑrd/

: guardia de banco

When I asked the bank guard where the commemorative plaque to Aldus had been relocated, first he looked puzzled, then seemed to recall something.

Examples

Al, our crack bank guard over there, said there's three more employees.

Cops and Robbers (2017)
Bank guard was right about him.

Cops and Robbers (2017)
I'm just a bank guard.

Cops and Robbers (2017)
And I'm the bank guard.

Have a Little Faith (2011)
'A bank guard named O'Malley.

Dillinger (1973)
Two serious bank guards manning the equipment.

Fiction book (2002)
Don't worry, Toomey, maybe they'll give you a job as a bank guard.

Oscar (1991)
There is a bank guard in there by the name of Reuben Salto Guitierrez.

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)
You got a bank guard in there by the name of Reuben ""Salsa Goudaresm... ""

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)
The bank guard ensured that all customers felt safe while using the ATM.

Synonyms

guard

vsbank guard

∞ 1.2

A person whose job is to protect people or property

focuses on protecting a specific financial institution and its customers

security guard

vsbank guard

210 1.3

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

focuses on protecting a specific financial institution and its customers

How Protective

security director

2 4.2

bank guard

2 1.7

security guard

210 1.3

Surface Forms

bank guard singular

bank guards plural

Morphology

bank + guard

The meaning is directly compositional: a 'bank guard' is simply a guard who works at or protects a bank, which follows a standard noun + noun/attributive construction. This pattern is cross-linguistically common and will be immediately clear to a B1 learner who knows 'bank' and 'guard'.

Etymology

Bank guard paints a simple picture: a guard standing at a bank door watching over the money and the people inside. That's why it means 'to protect a bank and its customers'.