Definition of bodyguard
: a usually armed attendant or group of attendants whose duty is to protect a person
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Examples of bodyguard in a Sentence
They entered the building surrounded by bodyguards.
a member of the royal bodyguard
Recent Examples of bodyguard from the Web
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Reporters also noticed a female North Korean bodyguard.
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The teacher said Un Pak never appeared to be accompanied by a bodyguard and walk to school on foot.
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Godoy, who was assigned as a bodyguard to protect drug kingpin Ernesto Fonseca, said the missionaries were tortured, and the women raped.
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The interceptors would be carried by the planes themselves or a robotic bodyguard.
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Kardashian was staying in a private apartment at the anonymous No Address Hotel at the time and had traveled to France with an entourage that included a personal bodyguard.
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Tom Brady is 41, can’t move much and now has lost a good, not great, bodyguard.
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Yep, Drillbit Taylor is about three misfit teens hiring a bodyguard to protect them from bullies.
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It was later revealed that the ex-husband and bodyguard of fellow skater Harding worked together to hire someone to attack rival skater Kerrigan.
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First Known Use of bodyguard
1701
BODYGUARD Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of bodyguard for English Language Learners
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: a person or group of people whose job is to protect someone
BODYGUARD Defined for Kids
Definition of bodyguard for Students
: a person or a group of persons whose duty it is to protect someone
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