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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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
While traveling with a driver and bodyguard, their car, pursued by paparazzi, crashed into a support column, flipped and landed in front of oncoming traffic.
—Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Prater and his bodyguard, Charley (Uma Thurman), plan to starve, dehydrate, and suffocate Dexter in a total of three days.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
One of her bodyguards was killed in a shootout.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Bodyguard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bodyguard. Accessed 10 Sep. 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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