bodyguard
noun
body·guard
ˈbä-dē-ˌgärd 
: a usually armed attendant or group of attendants whose duty is to protect a person
Examples of bodyguard in a Sentence
They entered the building surrounded by bodyguards.
a member of the royal bodyguard
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
But that's a longshot as Maduro has surrounded himself with loyalists and Cuban bodyguards.
—NPR, 27 Nov. 2025
Yuki is the sister of Gogo Yubari (Chiaki Kuriyama), O-Ren's meteor-hammer-wielding bodyguard, whom the Bride dispatches after a bloody battle.
—Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
Brecken Merrill, who plays Kacye’s son Tate, is returning for the series, along with Gil Birmingham as Chief Thomas Rainwater from Broken Rock Indian Reservation and Mo Brings Plenty as Mo, Rainwater’s chaperone and bodyguard.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Bodyguard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bodyguard. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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bodyguard
noun
body·guard
ˈbäd-ē-ˌgärd
: a person or group of persons whose job is to protect someone
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