Bodyguard

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  • noun. A person or group of persons, usually armed, responsible for the safety of one or more other persons.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who protects or defends the person; a life-guard; collectively, the guard charged with the protection of some person, as a prince or an officer; hence, retinue; attendance; following.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A guard or group of guards to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard.
  • noun. Retinue; attendance; following.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting an individual.
  • verb. To act as bodyguard for (someone); figuratively, to protect.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. accompany and protect from physical harm
  • noun. someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
  • noun. a group of men who escort and protect some important person
    • Word Usage
    "Instead of the term bodyguard, they prefer executive protection."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    protect  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    adviser  aide  ambassador  assistant  attendant  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    attendance  cavalier  chaperon  companion  conductor  
    verb-form
    bodyguards  
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