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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Rings of grim-faced bodyguards protect him, pistols under crisp guayabera shirts.
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Her publicist, whose handshake shares the strength of a bodyguard's, constantly pricks his ears with Iggy's every utterance.
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Quick jabs Floyd Mayweather's bodyguard was shot in Atlanta.
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If a hiring a bodyguard isn't in your monthly budget, consider this powerful mineral.
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The chaos goes back to the assassination of President Laurent Kabila by one of his teenage bodyguards.
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See this video from the National Republican Congressional Committee: Nashville mayor Megan Barry is out, resigning as part of a plea deal about a month after admitting to an extramarital affair with her bodyguard.
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The scene in question features Walking Dead star Danai Gurira dancing on a boat with her fellow Dora Milaje, i.e., Black Panther’s personal female bodyguards.
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Tehreek-e-Laibak was born out of a protest movement glorifying Mumtaz Qadri, a bodyguard of the governor of Punjab province who shot dead his boss in 2011 over his call to reform strict blasphemy laws.
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Definition of bodyguard for English Language Learners
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: a person or group of people whose job is to protect someone
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Definition of bodyguard for Students
: a person or a group of persons whose duty it is to protect someone
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